Request for RidgeRunner

[Kracker Jack]

Billy, I found mine in a cow pasture also. The cows used it as a scratch post!!! They almost pushed it off the trailer.
There's one word that will help you more than anything and that is research,research reasearch. When I first came to this forum I knew nothing about restoring a boat(well maybe alittle). The internet is full of knowledge. And this forum is awesome!!!!
Good luck on your build and we are all here to help.

[macojoe]

transom on these boats are curved, so using alum is going to be difficult. I just did the two 3/4 ply and it was always solid. like RR i used knee boards on the stringers to transom. Also get rid of the cap on the transom!! Why wellcraft did that i have no ideas, but i am sure it the cause of most transom rot!

good luck

[jasoncooperpcola]

Billy in my thread, Cap is off, under general section there are pics of the three piece transom. I thought it was odd that three separate pieces were used. But it is easier to install that way.

[billymoca]

Originally Posted by jasoncooperpcola

Billy in my thread, Cap is off, under general section there are pics of the three piece transom. I thought it was odd that three separate pieces were used. But it is easier to install that way.

OK>>>> I was wondering about that...... why the hell would they use three pieces for the transom. wouldn't that cause the transom to flex at the joints? I understand for ease of the install to match the curve...

[billymoca]

Originally Posted by macojoe

transom on these boats are curved, so using alum is going to be difficult. I just did the two 3/4 ply and it was always solid. like RR i used knee boards on the stringers to transom. Also get rid of the cap on the transom!! Why wellcraft did that i have no ideas, but i am sure it the cause of most transom rot!

good luck

I agree that cap will be the first to go.

Did you do your knee boards out of plywood or metal? I was thinking i would run the knee boards out of metal, through bolted at the stringer, then through bolted at the transom using the same bolts that hold the bracket on to the transom. I have a welding shop who is going to make me a custom bracket so we can put our bolts anywhere we want.

[billymoca]

Originally Posted by Kracker Jack

Billy, I found mine in a cow pasture also. The cows used it as a scratch post!!! They almost pushed it off the trailer.
There's one word that will help you more than anything and that is research,research reasearch. When I first came to this forum I knew nothing about restoring a boat(well maybe alittle). The internet is full of knowledge. And this forum is awesome!!!!
Good luck on your build and we are all here to help.

Thanks...I really appreciate the help. reading the threads of all the rebuilds on here, it made the decision to rebuild this boat pretty easy.