[goodpen]

Yes, I have been very surprised how well the tear down has progressed on this boat. I was able to remove the remainder of the transom wood today. Thank goodness for crow bars and sledge hammers!!!. Was able to get most of the inner layer out in one piece so I will have a pattern to work with. One ineresting thing I noticed is that the transom plywood did not go all the way to the sides of the hull. The wood was ground down to accomodate the curve along the transom hull side corner but it was about an inch off on both sides. Have any of you experienced this as well? How did you cut the cut the core when you rebuilt your transom, was it from side to side fully or was a gap left as well?

Also siphoned the gas out of the tank, there were 80 gallons of fuel still in this boat. Used every can I had plus the neighbors and 6 more cans I bought. Gas looked pretty good for being in there for several years. Probably try using it 3:1 in the vehicles to get rid of it. Tank came out without a hitch. Next task, cutting out the floor. I will post pictures tomorrow or today's progress.

Professor