Hello Jorge,
I live in Miami also and have recently finished a 23' SF rebuild (floor, paint, transom, Hermco bracket, everything, here at my house) about 6 months ago. I also own a 20' SF with 25" motor. You can make measurements off that if you want. Contact me if you want, John 305-790-4261 or email at pntglady1@bellsouth.net

Guys thanks for all the offers of help and encouragement.

Capt. Mako I'll hitch it up and be there in the morning for your help...LOL

John as soon as I can get the old transom out I will call you so I can come by and see your 23 and 20.

As to the transom when I exposed it the transom on both sides were mulch and practically fell out. The middle part although wet is in pretty good shape ....which leads to a harder time in it's removal

Any Ideas as to the EASIEST way of getting it out?

I have been so busy with the home flip I have been doing the boat has been not even on the back burner, but I should be done with it 100% today

So if anyone is looking for a nice home in Miami let me know

"Any Ideas as to the EASIEST way of getting it out?"

Take a power saw and set the blade depth 1/16" to 1/8" less than the depth of the wood, which is around 1 1/2", cut horizontally in 1" to 2" strips and take a wood chisel and chip it out from the inner skin. You need to be careful, the inner skin is not very thick..

Why can't somethings be easy.....yea i know its not

Why could my transom have been one of those that is so bad it falls in a heap all in one piece?
Oh well !!!!!!

I had sometime today after my open house and also to let the day get a little cooler( it was 95 in the shade today) and got about 30 mins to work on the transom.

made a little progress and tomorrow's another day

Transom replacement
 

Jorge, Hurry up when you have a chance, the November Gathering at Cabbage Key is "right around the corner" - in both time and space. Rapido, me Amigo!

November of 2015?????

Hi George I used a twisted wire cup on my grinder I helped a lot. I cleaned my transom out in one day. Check out my 23 build I am still working on.. Cut my transom from the outside as well.. And yes it sucked...

I needed to see some kind of progress on the transom so I took out the grinder (my new best friend) and took care of the inside of the transom skin. I did 5 mins on removing some of the wood from the transom but it looks like it wants to be real stubborn.

How I wish that there was a power tool to get this job done easier...I would buy it in a sec.

I now know why the 2 sides are rotten and the middle is better. The inside skin of the transom did not go all the way up leaving a place for water to get in.. The cap helped some but water had a way of getting in.


Either way it needs to come out and raised to a 25" transom

A sharp chisel was my friend