transom removal/instalation

[anthony115merc]

i think i will take on my transom next what exactly do i have to do? i have peeled some off the glassing off and there is rot at top corner and both sides transom near engine and a little at bottom. the rot at the top corner go through to the sides of the boat? and the rot at the bottom go into the keel? where and what should i cut off? should i buy the new materials first before i cut it? and what materials will be needed? what tools will i need? i have added some pictures to help maybe you could copy the picture and draw on it with mspaint and post it back to me showing where to cut.

thanks for your time.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: transom removal/instalation

you've got a major job with that boat. it is a solid wooden boat that has been fiberglassed. start buy bracking that boat, like i told you, you start cutting and nothing is going to stay where it is. make a template of the transom, tear out the inside motor well and start over there. then remove the old transom, fit the new one cut from the template. the new one should be 2 sheets of 3/4 inch plywood. then you can rebuild the motor well. if you do not have carpentry skills you better get some help. this job, is not like tear out the plywood transom, in a manufactured fiberglass boat that you don't cut the outside glass.

 

[anthony115merc]

Re: transom removal/instalation

how do i remove the old transom? cut it out unscrew it? and what do i make the template out of? do i just draw on some card board while the transom is still on the boat?

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: transom removal/instalation

cardboard, brown paper, newspaper taped together. like i said start with taking out the motor well, then what ever you have to do, without doing too much damage.

 

[anthony115merc]

Re: transom removal/instalation

ok i will givethis a try should i buy marine ply? and should i put the new one in the same day?

 

[sourbsted]

Re: transom removal/instalation

how do i remove the old transom? cut it out unscrew it? and what do i make the template out of? do i just draw on some card board while the transom is still on the boat?

Cut it out at the seam. Here's a page out of that book i was telling you about.

 

[anthony115merc]

Re: transom removal/instalation

have you got the other page of the magazine article

thanks this will be a great help beacause i can actully see what to do

 

[sourbsted]

Re: transom removal/instalation

have you got the other page of the magazine article

thanks this will be a great help beacause i can actully see what to do

I'll post the whole section tommorrow.. Has 7 page's.. Do want the section on how to rebuilt stringers?

 

[anthony115merc]

Re: transom removal/instalation

yes please that will help too i am planning on getting the whole boat good to last a very long time and want to do it all right i have been looking for magazines like that but cant seem to find anything like it i found a few wood working ones but none about boat building/rebuilding

 

[sourbsted]

Re: transom removal/instalation

How to rebuild transom...

 

[sourbsted]

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Think that enough pic's in this thread

 

[anthony115merc]

Re: transom removal/instalation

thanks for the advice and pictures i am gonna take on the transom next i have been trying to find out some info on whats best to do and in what order so i have been asking heaps of questions and found out what to do next so im onto it will be starting the transom this weekend.