Rebuild Repower

[Slightly_Twisted]

Testing fitting the transom wood I found I couldn’t get the curve correct. The wood was stronger then the glass. Everything I tried bent the existing transom glass to the wood and distorted the transom. after trying 4 or 5 different ways I ended up settling on drilling 13 holes through the boat and wood with a full sheet of the 3/4 in plywood backer plate on the outside of the transom. I then took some 1/2 threaded rod and made my own bolts that had continuous threads. I’ll have to do the two layer of wood separately so I can bend the wood to the transom and not distort the glass. What a pain in the a$$ but I will match the curve. Going to get the first layer on tomorrow morning. Will bed with thicker resin and glass dust. Feels sooo good to start putting things back IN and not ripping them apart!!!