Getting ready

[THEFERMANATOR]

Some say you can't feel a picture, but I beg to differ. I HATE doing fiberglass work. My transom is curved except for a small spot in the middle where the outboard mounts, since I'm switching to side imaging sonar, I figured I better get a pad that is flat to the transom so the side imaging will be accurate. So I'm using some gel paste I had left over to build up a pad to mount the transducer to. But I really do not miss the fiberglass itch. Once it cures, I can sand it down to a flat pad that is even, and then I can put a coat of gel coat over it since this paste is purple, and no matter what you do, you cannot get a decent off white coloring with it.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Getting close. Here's a before and after of my console. Before I couldn't see SQUAT while sitting down on plane which isn't a problem to most, but my back don't let me stand much anymore. Went ahead and decided to flush mount everything. Cleaned my console up considerably.

[Giorgio]

Looks good!!!

[Pipe_Dream]

Oh yeah, that a yuge improvement!

[SkunkBoat]

look at Stern Pad on amazon. no more holes in transom. Works great lasts forever.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

look at Stern Pad on amazon. no more holes in transom. Works great lasts forever.

I considered that, but it still wouldn't have fixed my curved transom issue. A few times of building up some filler and I got a nice pad built up. Unfortunately something came up this week and the boat had to get put on the back burner. A few more hours work and she will be back in the water. Just have to finish sand the gelcoat repairs some and finish mounting everything.