Just in time ,iam getting ready to raise my stringers and will watch this build to help me get it right.

Thanks for the kind words guys,

erebus, I will get you some better pictures of the clamps and how they are put together. There fairly simple 3" or 4" channel will work. They need pads on the back of the channel to keep them from wanting to roll to the side and they also help spread the load over a larger area. The T handles are 1" threaded rod with rod couplers welded to the channel. 1/2" threaded rod would be fine also. They work unbelievably well.

Spent a day getting the second layer on the transom and some tabbing done. Cut a section of 1708 large enough to rap a few inches on each side and down the bottom for one nice continuous run threw the tabbed section. Once that was down I added several more tabs to the sides and bottom building on top of each other. Its starting to get a little cold over night here and since I am using a slower cure epoxy that was purchase back when it was hot out I tried to keep the temp up. I threw a insulated blanket over the back of the boat and placed a heater at the base threw the night to keep the temp above 70 degrees for the cure.

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Hours: 6

Total Hours: 64

Looking good! I’m looking forward to seeing how you reshape the cap. I started a similar project this fall but I’ve been shutdown by the cold. Will be watching your thread. Thanks for documenting the build.

Nice & clean work. Good job.

Hope to get back on it soon, I had emergency surgery week before last due to appendicitis. Im back at work even though the work release was not till the 18th. I was going nuts stuck at the house. Not supposed to lift over 10lbs until after 6 weeks but probably will be back in action soon.

Glad you surgery went well one our guys at work had his burst during surgery ! Thankfully he’s ok but it was close and he had a ruff time for a couple weeks fighting a low grade infection

Nice work on the transom...I like how you are keeping the outer skin intact.

strick

Thanks, I cant bare to cut one from the outside. Hope all is well with you. Really miss having you around up here!

nice, love these threads!