Don,
Thanks for the comments. It would be strictly for looks after a transom re-core, which I would expect to last at least 20 years. I'll be 67 and won't care by then.
The next poor bastard would would have to go in from the inside.
I still think it would look nice and would be cut in the shape of the SeaCraft variable deadrise hullform.
[ October 01, 2003, 11:07 AM: Message edited by: Otto Cuyler ]