Raising transom to 25"

[dcobbett]

I’m jumping the gun a bit here, but I’m due to take delivery of a 1976 20Sf at the end of next week and I’ve begun to develop a mental list of improvements that I’d like to do before the start of next season. Got my positive hat on here, and I’m assuming that the transom is rock solid, but I’d like to raise it to 25”. I’ve done a lot of looking on this site and the Mako site and there is a ton of information/opinion on replacing transoms, but I have not found a lot on just raising a good transom to 25”.

I assume there is a better way than doing a complete a new transom @ 25”, and that it probably involves cutting back (routing out) the existing core in layers so the new material could be installed in an overlapping manner.

I’d appreciate any opinions, suggestions and thoughts on the matter.