Continuing to make progress. Tonight I cleaned all the marine plywood off the inside of the exterior skin piece. Still have some work to do on the face of the inside skin.
As for the weight of the transom replacement, the weight of the existing marine plywood (assumed dry) was estimated right at around 100 pounds. The amount of ARJAY to fill the void is approx. 17 gallons. At 7.6 pound per gallon that nets out at around 130 pounds. So the new transom is actually 30 pounds HEAVIER, not a benefit but that's the facts and 30 pounds more is not an issue with my boat's layout. As mentioned above, Coosa Bluewater 26 is by far the lightest option. For my void area, BW26 would weigh out around 60 pounds total. Certainly a 70 pound weight reduction would be advantageous. But in my case, I didn't want to cut into or off the cap and the motor well area as I felt necessary to install Full sheets of BW26 and get into a bunch more fiberglass work than necessary. I had a clear plan and was comfortable with the construction methodology and process using ARJAY.
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