23 Tsumani / Sceptre Deck cap removal

[Bigshrimpin]

Ebeach - have you tried to put the cap back on? I remove mine the other day and then tried to reattach the deck . . . after 6 hours or work the sides had relaxed quite a bit??? I really had to put my shoulder into the side of the boat to get the cap back on.

[EBEACH]

No, not yet. I hope I don't have any real problems. The 23 has an additional liner to hold it up a bit more (I hope).

I'm having problems with tendonitis in my right elbow. I had to stop work the other day because I couldn't swing the hammer any more. They used a lot of decking putty to glue the original wood transom in place.

[Dave Hirshberg]

Did it come up like we talked about?

[EBEACH]

Dave, yes it really was no problem. Sure was a lot heavier than I thought. I did it myself, but almost busted my gut. I used a hydraulic jack on the foredeck.

I just got back from the boat where I've been making a big push on cleaning out the transom. The grinder got plenty of use last night and today.

[EBEACH]

Ok, I got the cap back in place. No problems at all [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. the 2 sheets of 3/4 ply are in place but not glued in. I was just checking the dry fit, and wanted to make sure everything would fit before the resin is applied.

So far, this is a great way to get at the transom, without cutting into the finish of the boat.