transom repair

[Kracker Jack]

This picture here shows the raised type platform the old saddles were based on. when I cut my liner like the picture shows to return my glass for my transom I noticed the cores in the bases were rotted. I cleaned my out of the rotted core with a pressure washer and filled them with expansion foam. Im not going back with the tanks so i wasnt worried about having to mount them there or tank support. I guess another approach would maybe be cut the top off and cut a core material to fit then glue back the piece of glass you cut off then fair and paint?????

[mike77v20]

tis is some of the stuff i got done to day the picture of the transom is whats left after i tapped it with a hammer

[mike77v20]

kracker i did a nuber on them but with your pic i can put a board in there like that and put the floor to it andafter before the final glass rip some low slope triangles to look similar to the slope the have sounds like a plan to me

[Kracker Jack]

Take some pics standing on your cuddy looking back at your transom. I would like to see your floor layout.

[mike77v20]

this is best pic i can get at the moment my top isnt all the way off cant get the manpower to do it and have no where to put it at the moment

[mike77v20]

can someone tell me the best way to get them out with out damaging them and my cuddy step down

[Kracker Jack]

Mike as you can see our boats are identical or....was!!! I had the step down into the cuddy as you see in the old picture with the 2 boxes following to the stern. My picture has the console in the boat hiding the box behind the console. The step down into the cuddy i cut out the part of the stepdown that extended into the floor and glassed in a new bulk head there to act as a ledger for my floor and a the back wall for what I have coverted to a upper deck storage box Im going to drill a hole on the backside of my new piece ply wood and put a drain hole into the bilge. Cut 2 or 3 inches around your boxes the depth of the floor and remove them. when you remove them clean them up and prep them so they can be reglued with thickened resin to your new floor and glassed over when you reglass your floor. Remove the old core material from around the lip of the box just leaving glass. Im not putting any boxes back in my floor Im gonna keep my deck simple. I am gonna convert one of my demo'd fish boxes into an semi oversized motor well in the back and thats it. Maybe you do the same to keep the boat deck simple also and just keep the step down to the cuddy. Once again I am new at this and maybe someone else has some other tips to help you

[mike77v20]

thinking about it now you have a good idea on the simple floor and that cuddy step is kinda in the way from port to starboard side and if i wanna fish that bad and keep them i have the big a** white cooler that hold a ton of stuff so it would be a good idea for me to do that

[Kracker Jack]

Now ya thinking!!!!! Its a project and we are not proffesionals keep it simple. Look at some of reelapeelins swivel seats mounted on raised storage boxes its a "reel" cool setup!! lol!!! Make your floor continues port to starboard all the way across. big cooler in back with cushion there ya go. just my 2 cents. Im building a fishing machine not a foo foo boat.

[mike77v20]

i was gonna make some storage trays under the passenger side dash into the cuddy i would do away with the cuddy but keeping it for the kids to have a spot to rest and for storage of other boat stuff the under the seat thing is cool to i can always trim down my mounts already have seats taht are in real good condition and mount them on top