doubtful transome

[jimchelepy]

Hello fishies, boaties and associated others, I just purchased a 18 foot mustang boat, a bit aged and think the transome is doubtful, I have been looking at transome repairs on the web, u-tube etc and everyone replaces the rotted wooden transome with more ply wood that is going to do the same thing in a few more years.

Why cant I take out the old wood, make a template and then mould a "board" out of polyester resin and fiberglass, simply sandwhiching resin and fiberglass to the right thickness and then glassing ths moulded fiberglass transome in where the wood was.

Problem cured and no more rotting wood in the back of my boat.

Chum.

[pogsy]

Have u priced how much that would cost?.plywood adds strength and is cheap compared to doing it ur way.

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[LeoB]

You could always treat the timber with a sealing epoxy like norseal before glassing it in. Always handy to use also around any holes or exposed edges for through deck hardware and screw holes. And if done correctly you will never get rot.

Cheers Leo

[Guest Aussie007]

transoms rot when people start drilling holes to fit accessories like transducers and ladders etc... your meant to drill a larger hole fill the hole with epoxy resin than drill a smaller hole to mount the accessories

[kyngfish]

I've been envolved with 2 transom fixes. The first one was my boat and we pulled out the old ply and replaced it with marine ply.

We put a few coats of resin and mat on the side facing out then fitted the ply. Then we coated the inside side with resin and matting, matting it to the sides

and the floor.

This gave it more strength and also waterproofed it. This was solid and never gave any problems after.

My father in law repaired his transom a couple of years ago by using plate aluminium.

He used the plates as it was easier to do and I don't think he pulled out the old ply.

He was given a quote of $3K to have it professionally fixed so he did it himself for a few hundred.