89 Chaparel...........Transom

[jclark178]

I,m getting ready to glue in a new transom for my 89 Chaparel and would like some suggestions on what type of Fiberglas/Resins to use for this job. This will by my first attempt and I don't want to screw it up and have to redo it.......Thks

 

[tpenfield]

Chaparral . . .

​Post some pictures if you have some (may have to re-size them to about 250 KB)

​@BaylinerChuck just finished off a restoration of his Chappy, so check out his thread. Most folks use polyester resin for the rebuilds and a variety of chopped strand mat (CSM) and stitched cloth (like 1708). Check out the various threads of similar boats for how folks installed the wood for their new transoms.

 

[Scott Danforth]

if the transom is gone, so are the stringers

 

[jclark178]

Replacing stirngers to about the front engine mount. rest look to be in pretty good/solid shape enough that I,m going to remove them. only splice to transom..

 

[rad1026]

You can check out my thread also. Bayliner Chuck and I pretty much finished about the same time. Both had great results with polyester resin. I only had to go back to the gas tank, first bulkhead so you can look at the way I tied in to the good stringers. I had a ton of questions so you might get a bunch answered by grabbing your favorite beverage and digging in the a few threads. Let us know if you have any specific questions.