Re: inside or outside
I REDID MY 23 FROM THE INSIDE AND I KNOW THIS IS A PERSONAL THING BUT FOR ME GOING FROM THE INSIDE MAKES MORE SENSE FOR A FEW REASONS ALL OF THEM ARE A STRENGTH THING. ONE IS I ADDED A KEEL FOR EXTRA SUPPORT FROM THE CENTER WOOD STRINGER TO THE TRANSOM ANOTHER REASON IS THE AMOUNT OF GLASS ON THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TRANSOM IS NOT AS THICK AS I LIKED IT SO I MADE MINE A LITTLE OVER ¼ “ THICK. YOU CAN ALSO SUPPORT THE TRANSOM FROM ALL AROUND THE HULL BY BUILDING IT UP FROM THE INSIDE WITH EXTRA LAYERS OF GLASS I ADDED 8 EXTRA LAYERS AND YOU CAN ADD EXTRA GLASS TO THE INSIDE SIDE OF THE OUTSIDE WALL OF THE TRANSOM WITH OUT ANY PROBLEMS (I ADDED TWO EXTRA LAYERS). AS FOR THE STRINGERS THAT’S NO PROBLEM AT ALL JUST CUT IT FREE AND GLASS IT BACK ADDING ADDITIONAL GLASS FOR MORE SUPPORT. I DID MY TRANSOM ABOUT 1 ½ YEARS AGO NOW AND AT THAT TIME THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR TRANSOMS HAD ONLY STARTED MAKING INROADS INTO THE MARKET AND THERE WERE SOME BUILDERS THAT WERE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS SO I WENT WITH PLYWOOD. I HAVEN’T HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS IN A WILL AND NOW A DAYS I MIGHT HAVE GONE WITH THE NEW COMPOSITE MATERIALS INSTEAD OF THE PLYWOOD.
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