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    Boats from work.

    First pic lower right is where I started. Lower left if where the boss did a bit and told me I was going too slow. I got a bit better after that. I have sealer on it now, will spray truck bed coating in a few minutes.
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    Replacing a transom on a 1989 Starcraft Islander.

    This is the plate for drilling the I/O holes.
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    Boats from work.

    No, if you think this needs work, you should see what it looks like when I weld with flux core. This 110v welder to fill that bit and tack the pieces. This 220v to finish. Haven't used this one before.
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    Boats from work.

    Yeah, I rarely get to do any welding.
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    Boats from work.

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    Boats from work.

    Alright, vacation over. Yesterday, I finishedsanding and buffing a spot I sprayed on a phoenix. Then the boss remembered we also have to fix the bow stand on the trailer. Sure, no problem. I figured just replace the roller and maybe bend the tabs a bit. We tried to heat and bend them back...
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    Replacing a transom on a 1989 Starcraft Islander.

    Every transom we do, whether in a glass boat or aluminum, goes like this. 1. Cut and dry fit each piece. 2. On what will be the rear most piece, mark every bilt hole, cut out, and thru hull location with a sharpie. 3. Cut a piece of csm to go between each layer of wood. Remember to account...
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    Random

    Went to Lowes for maybe $50 worth of stuff, left with $750.
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    93 Mariah engine mount

    "you think I need to come out further with some glass?" At least six inches over every adjacent surface. The bilge will be so close in the middle that you might as well go all the way across, don't have to though.
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    Reminder to check gear before towing.

    Gave them to the boss.
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    93 Mariah engine mount

    All of the gel needs to be ground off where you're glassing. Pretty much the whole bilge, sides of transom, and take out the first two rows of squares in front of the bulkhead too.
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    Redoing a Starcraft Islander transom using Coosa board.

    The glass goes on the coosa before install. It needs it for strength. As a core material, it doesn't have much strength on its own, it all comes from the glass. That's why you want multiple layers of thinner coosa laminated with glass. The real advantage is that it won't rot. Of course, when we...
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    Redoing a Starcraft Islander transom using Coosa board.

    There is a plate that is used to drill the holes for the outer unit and the pilot holes to hole saw the steering cut outs. Really important to get all of those lined up and drilled straight.
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    Redoing a Starcraft Islander transom using Coosa board.

    It still takes a lot of torque from turning. How wide is the transom on that, full width or just in the center? I ask because around the time I joined I was working a Cobalt with a small center coosa transom.
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    Redoing a Starcraft Islander transom using Coosa board.

    Ok, you kept mentioning fiberglass so that's what I thought. Everything else still applies though. Coosa is like a stiff foam board with some sparse fiberglass strands in it. I don't trust it because I can snap it pretty easily with my hands. If you decide to use it, I would recommend...
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    Redoing a Starcraft Islander transom using Coosa board.

    3/4 is something like $400 per sheet, I can't imagine a 1.5in sheet. Or do you mean total laminate thickness? Anyway, some answers. I think it's over priced and over rated. It's very easy to cut, a jigsaw will fly through it. It needs to be glassed between each piece, and on both sides of the...
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    Boats from work.

    This was Fedex, last I heard it was in Greenwood, IN and lost from there.
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    Boats from work.

    The bass cat was pickes up today. We gave up waiting on the gel, so I had to match it. Apparently, it was lost in transit for a week. The color matches pretty well, but clear made it look off, worse over the original gel. It looks alright in the shadow though. I also had to drop the rub rail...
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    Aluminum Boat Paint

    What? How?
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    are these gel coat cracks or something more serious? (pic included)

    I think you missed post #8, we posted at almost the same time. As far as root cause, it's old. Water got in and did it's thing, normal with wood core.
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