another transom job in the works -

[oldbluesplayer]

ok - so last we saw, the keel had a hole in it, and I wanted to brace the transom with a knee, to stiffen and prevent any further cracks from developing in the splashwell, or transom corners - as seen


so tonight I crawled underneath, ground off the gel coat around the transducer hole, and beveled the hole out a little - I had already slabbed a couple pieces of 3/4 ply on each side with RW and thickened epoxy

here is the partially filled keel hole, and the knee brace


and here is another shot of the knee - it's two shorter pieces of 3/4 ply bonded to one longer one, which is slabbed onto the side of the keel, again with epoxy soaked RW and filled epoxy butter


I ran the knee up to the top of the inside transom stiffener plate, both of which end right below where the splashwell comes up to the transom


Tomorrow night I'll go back and tab the knee into both the keel and the transom support plate. Then I should be positioned to put the outer skin back on this weekend.

Bill