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Next comes cutting out the transom. The more rotted the better. Part of this one is pure mush and part is still in tack. Looks like water worked its way down from the core from the top as the bottom area and around the outdrive is still fairly solid. I can use a scraping knife to take a lot of it off but the rest will have to be pried off with a bar or sanded down with 80 grit. Once I remove all I can I take a 4 inch grinder with a 4.5" sanding pad and cut the wood down till I can see the base of the skin. I change out to 120 grit and go over the entire skin to give the old glass some tooth to bite into. The wood at the base and around the stringers was hard to remove so I cut the stringers back and center keel board so that I can grind the old tabbing back to a good point for re-glassing new back.

Old Transom wood:







Prep the skin:





Prep the base:








Hours: 13

Total Hours: 35