Pour able transom

[cterrebonne]

Originally Posted by JeanF

... So DRY is the name of the game! all right then! I will go ith pics later. airjay will be the product for the job. Just hope they will ship in Canada

You will probably have to give arjay a call and see who their distributor is in your area.

[Barnegat16]

I used a chain saw, drill bits, scrapers etc to hollow out my 1979 v20 fisherman transom last year.

I used nida-bond pourable.

Advice: Take your time. Get the mush out. Then let it sit for a day. Then go back. The wood will soften.

Don’t go crazy, but make sure the top layers of plywood de-lam from the skins.

The stringers don’t attach to the transom on my model.

Use a hose, fill the cavity. Look for leaks. Glass over these leaks. The pourable compound will find them and flow right through. Aluminum ducting tape can work for small clean holes, but if its in a rough/faired area, just glass over. Or use a quality fibre putty.

fill to the main height. Then cap with glass. Fill both sides. Cap again. Work your way up as high as you can. It finds a natural level.

It works well! Just don’t look @ your stringers. It will make you want to tear the whole boat apart...

[JeanF]

Originally Posted by cterrebonne

You will probably have to give arjay a call and see who their distributor is in your area.

I did it. I called the sale departement and here's what i received from them:

Bonjour and Hello, Jean!

Thanks for your interest with the Arjay 6011 Ceramic Pourable Compound. You may order it through Carbon Core. Their number is: 434-227-0839.

Sincerely,

Chris Davis

Well... the companie is based in Virginia !!! ( http://www.carbon-core.com/contact.htm ) nothing more closed of my home ???? as far as you know... something closer of the border of Vermont, Maine or New Hampshire. I can't beleive Boston don't have that stuff???

[Roycie]

Have you researched a prod called Sani-Tred??

[JeanF]

Originally Posted by Roycie

Have you researched a prod called Sani-Tred??

No, never heard of thenm ... Have you did a transom whit this produc0t ?

[Destroyer]

I think you might be a little confused Roycie. They're talking about replacing a rotted out transom. Sani-Tred is a waterproofing compound. It might be great for the outside of the bilge skin of the fiberglass, but it's an elastic polymer and will not fill the void that a transom replacement requires. Plus, the last thing you want is a transom that flexes.

The problem with our boats is that the transom is made of marine plywood, with fiberglass laminated to both the inside and outside faces, effectively encapsulating the wood. But people drill holes in the transom to mount things like transducers, speed pitot's, battery hold downs, bilge pumps, etc., etc, and then they don't properly seal those holes. Over time, water seeps into the plywood through those holes and rots the wooden core, weakening the transom and making operating the boat with a large, heavy engine hanging on it unsafe. In fact, there was just such a disaster off the Jersey shore last year, where the transom cracked open and the boat sank.

The easy cure for this is to take off the top cap of the transom, hollow out all the wood and then pour a compound into that void to fill the space with a hard substance that doesn't rot, will support the weight of a large engine and the torque forces associated with that, plus can handle to force of the engine pushing on it, and it, in turn, pushing the rest of the boat hull through the water. The not as easy cure is to remove one of the sides of the fiberglass, remove all the rotted wood and replace it with new marine grade plywood, then replace the removed panel and fiberglass everything back together. Properly done, both solutions work effectively, but since the pourable transom repair will never rot out like the wooden repair, it's the process of choice.

Hope this helps clear up the misunderstanding.

[Roycie]

Thank you for the straightening out... You are right... as much as I have researched it I should know better.... I am in the process of redoing a V20 and have a post showing some of the progress..

We all need help some more than others.. Thanks again

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Roycie

Thank you for the straightening out... You are right... as much as I have researched it I should know better.... I am in the process of redoing a V20 and have a post showing some of the progress..

We all need help some more than others.. Thanks again

Happy to help. That's ultimately what we're all here for. Looking forward to seeing pics of your project.