j_martin
Admiral
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Re: LARSON/GLASTRON Hull Problems- YES Again
That transom was never properly sealed, and is rotten and has to be totally replaced. It looks like a 20 year old boat. Here's mine, what it looked like with the engine off, and what I found inside.
This is a 20 year old boat, in otherwise very nice condition. I completely replaced the transom. No way should a new boat look like that.
What happens is they put in a wooden transom, float a cap over it with relatively porous (lightweight) filler, and seal it with bath tub caulk. The whole mess (yes mess) is covered over with a piece of angle aluminum to cover it up, aparently with the design goal of directing any water that hits the top of the transom to that weak bath tub caulk joint.
When I redid mine, the top is all fiberglass and epoxy. If it fails, it's going to throw parts at me, not be hidden. I do not expect it to fail in my lifetime.
John
That transom was never properly sealed, and is rotten and has to be totally replaced. It looks like a 20 year old boat. Here's mine, what it looked like with the engine off, and what I found inside.
This is a 20 year old boat, in otherwise very nice condition. I completely replaced the transom. No way should a new boat look like that.
What happens is they put in a wooden transom, float a cap over it with relatively porous (lightweight) filler, and seal it with bath tub caulk. The whole mess (yes mess) is covered over with a piece of angle aluminum to cover it up, aparently with the design goal of directing any water that hits the top of the transom to that weak bath tub caulk joint.
When I redid mine, the top is all fiberglass and epoxy. If it fails, it's going to throw parts at me, not be hidden. I do not expect it to fail in my lifetime.
John
