Re doing transom on a late 70's sceptre - how tough ?

[bgreene]

I haven't done a transom yet......... so appreciate the basics for what's involved to do it right on a Potter 23 Sceptre.

Most I've done is remove and install fuel tank on an old Mako, removing the console, re install etc.....

[gofastsandman]

Many thoughts. I would cut the top of the top of transom cap and plunge a good long bar chain saw right in.

Leave the skins alone. Pour a new one in. Be carefulll.

Cheers,
GFS

[bigeasy1]

There are many ways to do the transom,and everyone has their favorites.I opted to do my 74 Tsunami(It's an I/O) from the inside.
We cut the transom cap off at the hawse pipes,and removed the inner transom skin to expose the rotted core.
I removed all the rotted peat moss,re-cored with marine fir, and layed up a new inner skin with several layers of 1708.
I just feel that doing it from the inside(although a lot more work), is better than from the outside,as it doesn't compromise the hull integrity.That's just my opinion though.
Plenty of others have done it from the outside with very nice results and some have used the pourable transom product with good results as well.

[Water Rat]

bgreene,

http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...ad.php?t=23767

The link above is to a thread I started asking the same question for my 1978 23' Sceptre I/O (pictures of it were posted by Trayder in the gallery section under "Chris Downey's
23" for reference). There is a wealth of information in that thread (I originally posted it on 3/25/12 in case the link does not work), especially from "bigeasy1" who has me convinced to have it done from the inside. Good luck and feel free to ask more questions.

[shine]

The ideal way is to re-core from the inside and have new inside skin/glass.

Re-coring from the outside is a shortcut that will not be as strong and will make a for a huge fairing job .

Pouring polyester resin and fillers into a cavity may or may not work, you cant prep the inside of the cavity for a good bond.

[riptide]

Sent you a pm

[doodlebug]

I cut the cap, removed the inner skin cleaned out the cavity ground the inside,reglassed the inner skin and poured it solid with transom pour rock solid supported 500hp on a bracket for three yrs until my wallet could no longer support the fuel. Now it just supports 150's