Transom job
In prepping the boat for the transom job, I kept grinding away trying to get rid of all of the bad cracked glass in the corners of the transom. Apparently the factory used very little woven roving in the corners on mine because it was almost all thickened resin which had cracked. In one spot I ground completely through the side of the boat (the crack went all the way through). As a result I decided that my outer skin was going to need alot more beefing up. After removing all of the bad glass, we laid in 5 more layers of 1708 biaxial over the outer skin extending out over the corners. WillyC had told me that his 1-1/2 inch Coosa core was thick enough that it was difficult getting the liner back on so I chose to go with 1-3/8 inch Coosa Bluewater 26 to give me a little more room to add some extra glass. I found a dealer close by in New Orleans that had prices on Coosa literally half of what I was finding online and I did not have to pay for freight.
I made 2 plywood templates to make sure my fit was perfect before I cut the Coosa. I cut the bottom of the Coosa at 77/102 degrees to match the transom angle. Coosa cuts and works pretty easily. I decided to use a router with round-over bit to round all the edges so I could get the glass to mold itself to the edges (biaxial and triaxial will not do 90 degree corners).
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