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Originally Posted by Chaser
I do a lot of work on boats and yes the transom is structurally sound. It was a bit of a surprise what good shape it is in, but also created this problem... If the transom needed replacement it would be a no brainer to raise it to 25", but since it doesn't need any repair, I don't know about cutting into a good part to change things around. The reason would be to give the boat better sea keeping abilities.
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What about a Jack plate type permanent aluminum 4 or 6 inch set back . So that you can raise the transom to 25 inches with out doing it structurally. . Or a full splash well with the 20 inch transom. We are only concerned because the 20 ft sea craft hull will allow you to fish in shall we say sportier conditions then most 20 ft boats. Most would never fish any other 20 ft boat in the conditions that you normally see sea crafts fishing. That is why we go out of the way to modernize or standardize the 30, 40 or even 50 + year old best riding boats in their class. If as you said the water line was raised very high? Just putting the propper size engine on there does not mean that the floatation foam is not wet and with the 20 inch transom you could still have a problem waiting to happen. We are only trying to help from our own past experiences. I think I bought my first 20 ft sea craft in the late 1970s and that boat had all the cap rivets coming loose to the point of water shooting up the side of the hull under the rub rail and between the hull and cap into the shelf area next to the forward raised fish box. I could have blown the whole cap off into my face when I was young and crazy.