Transom repair???

[jetblue319]

Well I finally got a chance to work on my transom. I cut it just like shunkwork's video, and it was rotted in the centers so far. Have to work on it some more tomorrow.

[SkunkBoat]

notice in the second picture how it is 2 pieces coming together on an angle. It does the same on the port side. So you see the transom is not one big flat piece of plywood.

I still can't tell from the pix if its shot. Mine was soft in the corners and I panicked but after tearing it apart I saw it was pretty solid down a few inches. Thats going to be your call.

If you go ahead, consider limiting your cuts to the motor well and not go into the hatch openings like I did. You might find you have enough room to remove much of the inside skin.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Many of these transoms in these boats are made of a BUNCH of square chunks of plywood all held together with resin and glass. The idea was the smaller pieces were easier to work with, cheaper since they could use up scraps, and the multiple pieces held together with resin and glass meant each section was isolated from the other so if water got in and rot started, it was isolated to just a few squares, and not the whole transom. The downside is you have so much glass and resin to deal with cutting them apart.

[jetblue319]

Well , I already made the cuts into the hatch, and I will go ahead and replace the transom. Unfortunately I can't work on it today ( rain storm) and won't be able to for at least a week.

[jetblue319]

Well, I finally got the motor well out last night, it was a bear. I had to cut out one of the bait hatches out just to get it to move forward and use a multifunction tool to cut out the bottom of the well from the inside. The wood was rotted all the way down.

[phatdaddy]

Good use of a kaiser blade

[SkunkBoat]

yep it don't come out in one piece. In my video you see I had the same problem.