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Transom options. Drilled the transon in 20 different places today. Solid, but you can tell it got wet at one time. Wood is structurally sound and not damp at all. I am contemplating grinding (allready have) all the gelcoat off, filling all holes, and sandwiching laminating another 3/4 ply on the inside of the transom.

Now, I am fully enslosing the transom. So the cut out must be built up.

Questions,

Has anyone, filled the cutout with new ply, laminated it in place, grind, add second piece in cutout, glass, grind, and then place the last backer over the entire transom?

Or, how would you fill in the cutout with out removing the structurally sound transom?

This boat will see a bracket.

Thanks, Jason

jason- looks like you are in deep. Your boat looks like it was in great shape and I dont know that it was necessary to take out the entire deck and raise it 2 inches. Most guys with 23's just re-direct the scuppers out the back of the transom and that will make it self bailing. With that said however your boat will now be that much better now that it is raised 2 inches. The trick will be making it look nice when you are finished. If the transom is solid like mine was then there is no need to open that can of worms. Just add the 3/4 ply to the inside of the transom and that will make your transom about 3 inches thick! Bullet proof. Thats what I did. Adding a bracket will be your best investment. If money is no object then go with the potter bracket and i would make a transom door to get good access to the swim platform. Go to hermco's site for detailed pics. I have a lot of pics on my site. take your time and go thru them and you will see how I built my transom just like you are describing. You will need to make a molding table soon. see jasons description in the begining of the site. Good luck and keep the pics coming.

http://www.casdvm.com/photos/SeaCraft%20Project/
http://www.casdvm.com/photos/


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