Transom repair

[ScottM]

bobhoff,
First off, welcome to CSC. Regardless of what type of boat you may have, you'll find some excellent advice here, especially transom repair/replacement.

The most obvious sign is excessive transom flex. Stand on the trim plate of your motor and jump up and down. Another sign is moisture in the core, which is picked up by both a moisture meter and by tapping on the fiberglass with a plastic or rubber hammer. With the hammer, you will hear a hollow sound due to delamination. Yet another sign is dirty water weeping out of motor mounting holes and other thruhulls in the transom. The best way to detect moisture is by driling a couple core samples.

[Capt Chuck]

another sign is dirty water weeping out of motor mounting holes and other thruhulls in the transom

Oh Yeah, besides AGE the ole weeping water syndrome. Welcome to CSC bobhoff

[Bryan A.]

For you guys that raised the rear boxes on the 20's. aside from Marks, did you cut the tops off, raise them and fill in the middle or construct new boxes all together. I plan on doing this in a few years when I rip into mine so I guess I should start planning now.