SeaCraft transom/etc

[Trayder]

JimB-

Welcome to the site.

My opinion on the solution: If it aint broke don't fix it. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] It sounds as though you may be fine and it could take 5+ til it rots if it is in fact just "wet".

What you probably should do:

Repair it:

If you look at Hammers 20 page 2 you will see one of the easist and strongest solutions to your issue. Since the wetness is coming from the scuppers you probably do not have any rot in the outward most corners of the transom core. As seen in Hammer's case. Therefor you will be able to cut away a decent section of your transom replace the core and then laminate the original skin back on, nice and relativly easy.

Drying it out. Hmmmm, I have heard of whaler owners hooking up a shop vac to a hole they drilled in the hull and sucking the water out over a long period of time. I doubt plywood would allow water out of it as foam core would, so sucking it out is "out".

Maybe cut a section away like seen in Hammers transom repair and let it sit for a week or two. This way when you remove the skin you will know for sure if it is Wet or Rotten and if it is just wet then leave the skin off and alow it to dry then epoxy it back into place.

I have heard mixed reviews of Seacast. If it were myself I would rather replace the core myself and know for sure everything has bonded well then pour a mixture in to a transom, not to mention how difficult it will be to remove a non rotten core the way SeaCast recomends.