Transom question

[John R]

If you find out a boat that has had recent transom work and is in pretty good shape , what wopuld you do to get the transom height up another 5 inches??? Looking for temporary (1-2 years) or permananet solutions short of an entire R&R off the transom....

Thanks,

John

[ February 27, 2003, 07:45 AM: Message edited by: John R ]

[Trayder]

Fabricate a new section to raise it the five inches. Grind away the glass on the existing transom to form an area for the new glass to hold. Place your fabricated section into the notch of the transom and glass it in place. Refinish as necessary or fabricate an aluminum or stainless brace that would encapsulate the new addition, it would wrap around the transom, and spread the load out onto the existing transom.

I am sure there are other ways but this was the first that came to mind

[Trayder]

Here is a picture of the alum brace I was writing about:

[ScottM]

Jason,
Is this pic of a local boat? If so, I'd like to take a look at it since we'll be performing this same operation at the end of this season. An '03 Evinrude 225 Ficht will be available to us for short money around September, so we need to build up our transom for the 25" shaft.

[cSickNick]

John,

In line with Jason, i would probably think about adding a notch to the notch.

For example, usually the transom is 1 1/2" thick. Router a 1/2" pocket so that you could "tongue and groove" the 5" piece made of say 3 pieces of 1/2" ply laminated together.

Pre-drill to add a few long screws(keep them under 25"!) and then glass in.

Also, I remember someone tried to add "SEACAST", but with poor results.

My few thoughts .....

- Nick

[Trayder]

Hello Scott- The boat in that picture is Down in Key West @ Murray Marine, it has twin 150's. I will keep an eye out locally for one that has had the transome raised.

Nick- I like the screw idea, or even some dowells.