Seacast Transom Repair

[drj]

Okay I am going to attempt to post some pictures that I have. Well I thought the seacast would have been easier but when I started to take the wood out I realized the wood was in much better shape then I thought and i calculated the seacast to cost at least 650 for 15 gallons plus whatever else needed.

here is a link to the pictures I'm not sure how to post them directly.
http://picasaweb.google.com/drjmoo1/BoatTransom
the rest of the boat is completely sanded and I am in the process of repairing the cracks and things but I didn't sand the transom area because I didn't know what to do with it yet.
One picture has red lines where I was thinking about sectioning in the new piece.
Thanks for all your ideas. let me know what you think of the pics.

[tsubaki]

I'm just not comfortable about cutting the outside skin on any boat unless there is no other way.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF drj's BOAT.

And what you're proposeing looks rather radical, but that's just me.
Need somebody elses input.

[drj]

I do see your point and I am open to any ideas and am not dead set on anything because I want to make sure it is going to hold up. I did have an outboard break off of an inflatable boat transom once and it wasn't a fun experience. I can't imagine trying to recover a 200hp off the bottom of the river. I did see this picture in one of the galleries and this is where I got the 3 piece transom idea. http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/...0001.sized.jpg

[THEFERMANATOR]

SEACAST is expensive, that is why the one member recently went with ARJAY instead. I know it was ALOT less money(about 1/2 as much I believe). Go rent you a chainsaw and get the wood out the easy way. And the pic that TSUBAKI posted would not be removing enough glass to get the old wood out of there IMHO.

[tsubaki]

I agree with Theferm, but look at the price of an electric chainsaw and don't use oil in the bar (I used my wifes).

[drj]

Ya I could go with Arjay. But I am not sure I could raise it the 5".

[drj]

I started with the chainsaw today. I was wondering how you cut through the fiberglass between the sheets of plywood. My saw would not make it through them.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by drj

I started with the chainsaw today. I was wondering how you cut through the fiberglass between the sheets of plywood. My saw would not make it through them.

If there is glass in between the sheets of wood, then it has been replaced before. Never heard of the factory putting glass in between the sheets before. They normally would use the little squares of wood like they did on the decking in the transom.

[tsubaki]

Originally Posted by drj

I started with the chainsaw today. I was wondering how you cut through the fiberglass between the sheets of plywood. My saw would not make it through them.

Drill bits and extensions, experiment with different types to see which is most useful.
Find out what size file the saw needs and sharpen the chain.

[Stillrunning]

Originally Posted by tsubaki

I'm just not comfortable about cutting the outside skin on any boat unless there is no other way.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF drj's BOAT.

And what you're proposeing looks rather radical, but that's just me.
Need somebody elses input.

I did not read this entire thread but if this is the boat I would just remove the inner shell. It looks like you have removed everthing that needs to be removed and all you need is a large tree limb, a pully, rope, and a truck. I took out my inner linner to replace my transom and after I got all the stuff off of the boat it only took about 1 hour to get the linner out and most of that time was rigging the pully and lines. You can then inspect the runners and the florring of the boat.