Transom rebuild outsid skin bad

[hermco]

Boat is obviously un-fixable, I will be glad to save you the trouble and dispose of it for you.

[bobbert]

Something does not look right. In photo #2 it looks like a skin was placed over the original transom. The old transom appears to be peeking out from under the transom skin.
Or is that my eyes playing tricks on me.

[thehermit]

Originally Posted by bobbert

Something does not look right.

Agree. I dont think there was matt used in the original layup. Seems my old 20 was all roving. Is this a previous (wicked poor) repair that failed?

[strick]

Originally Posted by thehermit

Agree. I dont think there was matt used in the original layup. Seems my old 20 was all roving. Is this a previous (wicked poor) repair that failed?

Has to be. On all the years I've been on this board I have never seen a seacraft transom look so terrible. I dont think that is possible with a factory built seacraft.

hiliner- Don is heading to Fiji and need a good boat once he gets there. You may want to give it to him in trade for something like a bracket You are in for a lot of work

strick

[fdheld34]

Don...your moving to Fiji or just going on a vacation????!!!!

-Fred

[hermco]

Originally Posted by fdheld34

Don...your moving to Fiji or just going on a vacation????!!!!

-Fred

Oh yeah, Fiji just as soon as I win the lottery.

[hiliner222]

Originally Posted by hermco

Boat is obviously un-fixable, I will be glad to save you the trouble and dispose of it for you.

Ha Ha, I'll have to disagree, nice try Looks like just matt in the pic huh? We'll find out when i tear into it. Thanks Blue for that info/link. You guys are a hoot. love this forum.

[hiliner222]

You guys are right, no woven just a few layers of matt. And the thickness is about 1/4" as in the pic compared to the pencil. Anyone ever had the transom outer skin apart on a Moesly? I think this boat is a real early one. I can't tell if the transom has been redone for sure but it doesn't look so if i had to guess. Still working on the year of it.

[thehermit]

Originally Posted by hiliner222

You guys are right, no woven just a few layers of matt. And the thickness is about 1/4" as in the pic compared to the pencil. Anyone ever had the transom outer skin apart on a Moesly? I think this boat is a real early one. I can't tell if the transom has been redone for sure but it doesn't look so if i had to guess. Still working on the year of it.

Mr Moesly used to run around the factory and drill holes in new boats just to double check hull thickness. Or so the story goes. No way he let a Seafari go out with a transom laid up with 2 layers of mat and no structural glass.

Rip it all out and fix it .

.....and post lots of pictures !

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by hiliner222

... Anyone ever had the transom outer skin apart on a Moesly? I think this boat is a real early one. I can't tell if the transom has been redone for sure but it doesn't look so if i had to guess.

Regardless whether it's a Moesly or a Potter, the original transom would have been alternating layers of mat and roving. That's definitely not the original outer skin. Only an inexperienced and poorly informed amateur would use an all mat layup on a transom laminate.
Dave