[strick]

Andrew-

Interesting that there was no foam. They just poured foam in my boat kinda in a random manner I'm guessing just to meet coast guard requirements?

An ex boat builder once told me that standard lay up or a transom going from outside to inside the transom consisted of 3/8 inch thick outerlayer glass, 1 1/2 inch core material (plywood, coosa, whatever) then 1/4 inch inner layer of glass. Each layer of 1708 will give you about 1/16 inch thickness. That being said I'm only putting the 1 layer of 1708 and the woven roving. The corners of the transom and around the stringers will get beefed up with 3-4 layers. The transom on my boat had 1 layer of woven roving and matt and it lasted 37 years. As for the floor, I'm planning on re using the skin and for simplicity I will probably go with a new plywood core. I will fix the cracks in the skin but I'll have to see how that goes once I dive into it. It is going to be a big PITA to fix. Hope some of this helps.

strick