more transom questions
Strick:
I already have the core glassed in at this point. like you said, I did put a nice think layer of cabosil around the edges and in between the skin and the core; however, I didnt put a layer of biaxle inbetween the 2 pieces of 3/4 marine play. instead I used a coating of cabosil and gave it some texture with a ridged tile trough. and screwed/clamped/put bricks and cinder blocks down on top of it.
bigshrimpin:
I decided to go with epoxy. I have never used polyester before and I knew that might be doing a lot of the work in some colder weather. that combined with my experience using epoxy(6 years maintaining wooden boats at WH yacht club, and having to replace the gas tank and rebuild a lot of my parker 21 SE last year) lead me to go with epoxy.
I am planning on putting knees in on either side of where the bracket will be mounted, and now will probably put at least one more layer of glass in there. the added strength will greatly out-perform the little bit of extra weight.
I now have another question: I have to flip the boat to work on the bottom. my plan is to either to it with jacks and comealongs or to use a tractor with a front end loader on it. I am obvioulsy going to put the gunwhale cap back on, but do I need to support it more side to side. I saw a couple of years ago a guy used a towtruck and I am wondering how this worked for him.
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