Has it ever been done?? Well it’s about to happen.

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Also what bubble are you referring to? I will try to snap a few pics of the transom and maybe you could point out to me what you mean.

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Ok so I figured out how to attach thumbs so I guess that's better than nothing. Here's some more of what I'm starting with. First order of business is getting all the foam out and covering her up and possibly putting a dehumidifier in her for a while to try and get her dried out good. Then I guess I'll put some new foam back in her and get the floor sealed up. I've read in a few places that a pressure washer is the best way to get old foam out. Anybody else have any suggestions let me know.

Also I'm planning on stopping by our local fiberglass shop and ordering supplies. I'm thinking about getting 5 gallons of laminating resin and 5 gallons finish resin and a whole bunch of cloth and mat. After I get the floor in and cap supports I may save myself some trouble and take it to my guy and have him chop gun the whole inside. He recently did a boat for a buddy of mine and I guess they put the white gel coat right in the strand and it looks great.

Ok, not sure why but the pics are upside down, but the first ones weren't. Ill figure this out one day.

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[Destroyer]

I call the set back that the engine mounts onto the bubble. Don't know what else to call it so I coined the phrase. Since a V20 has an almost flat transom, the setback on the V21 from the outside looked like a bubble to me.

Anyways, if you look at the inside of the transom where the bubble is attached you'll see that the two pieces (transom and bubble) are not connected very well. There's a gap on the sides. it's that gap that I'm talking about. fill it with filler and then class it all together and that should add some additional strength to the whole transom. It's not necessary, but when I had my deck off and looked it just seemed prudent to do so.

[3 Squids]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

I call the set back that the engine mounts onto the bubble. Don't know what else to call it so I coined the phrase. Since a V20 has an almost flat transom, the setback on the V21 from the outside looked like a bubble to me.

Anyways, if you look at the inside of the transom where the bubble is attached you'll see that the two pieces (transom and bubble) are not connected very well. There's a gap on the sides. it's that gap that I'm talking about. fill it with filler and then class it all together and that should add some additional strength to the whole transom. It's not necessary, but when I had my deck off and looked it just seemed prudent to do so.

Ok I think I see where you’re referring to. Right now there’s a layer of that hard filler on top of the transom but I hit it with a hammer on the sides and it feels like there is foam under it. Does seem like a very vurnable void. I’ll definitly look into it. I still haven’t confirmed the wood to be completely solid yet. If I grind/cut out the filler on top of the transom and the core seems wet I may be looking into a carbon-core pourable transom and it’d be ideal to seal the top of the transom up to the highest point where it meets the normal transom location and fill the lower transom and those voids at the same time. Very confusing I know haha. Hopefully in the next few days we’ll get some decent weather and I can get into it. Been raining nonstop here.

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Are these arrows pointing to the spots you’re talking about?

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Oh and since I figured out the picture thing, I’ll share my father in laws baby. 1972 with a 200hp on the back of her. Met up with us this past weekend and I was topping out at about 42 in my Coastal and he blew by me like I was sitting still. Thing is scary fast. She’s a little bit of a project but he’s got a nice one for sure.

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