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HA RICH
IF I WERE YOU I WOULD RE DO THE TRANSOM I WASN’T SURE EITHER UNTIL I STARTED DRILLING SOME EXTRA HOLES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TRANSOM THEN THOUGHT IF I WAS GOING TO DO IT RIGHT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSOM. IT IS LIKE JUMPING INTO THE WATER WHEN YOU KNOW IT IS COLD, BUT THEN, YOU START GETTING USE TO IT. YOU COULD DRILL LARGER HOLES WHERE THE TRIM TAB CONNECT TO THE BOAT REMOVE THE DRAIN PLUG AND DIG AROUND. NOW THAT MINE IS DONE, I AM VERY GLAD I TACKLED THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OF HOPING IT WOULD GO AWAY BY ITSELF. YOU COULD REMOVE THAT JUNKY SPLASH WELL AND RE DO THAT WHILE YOU ARE THERE I DID AND GAINED 11” OF SPACE TO BOOT. I ALSO REMOVED THE LIVE WELL AND MADE ANOTHER AND MOVED IT FORWARD BY 2’ LIKE THE NEW 23’. NOW THE BOAT IS TRULY SEAWORTHY AND THE EXTRA TIME SPENT WAS WELL WORTH IT.
YOU CAN SEE MY PICTURES UNDER MR. MCGOVERN’S 23’. IF I WAS GOING TO DO IT AGAIN I WOULD DO THE SAME THING EXCEPT I WOULD USE ½ “ MARINE GRADE PLY INSTEAD OF ¾” MARINE GRADE PLY. IT IS EASIER TO WORK WITH AND BEND A LITTLE TO CONFORM TO THE CURVES IN THE TRANSOM AND USING THE WEST EPOXY SYSTEM YOU WOULD HAVE 6 LAYERS OF PLYWOOD SOAKED WITH RESIN INSTEAD OF JUST 4 LAYERS.
I NOW THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO HERE BUT IF YOU DO IT YOU WILL HAVE TACKLED SOMETHING YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU COULD.
GOOD LUCK
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