noelm Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 2 hours ago, garfield28 said: Cheers Frank. I have a fibreglass roller mate as I've done some fibreglassing on the boat of late, and thanks for the offer on the matting but I'm not too too far from Trojan fibreglass and have already bought a heap of gear from there of late. If you have already done some glassing, you're part way there, just knowing how to mix resin, wet mat out and so on is a big bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield28 Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 9 hours ago, Bryant fish said: Is it only the pod section that needs fixing? I believe so but I'm pretty sure the stringers will be wet towards that back section also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield28 Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 7 hours ago, noelm said: It's kind of no different, just treat it as a small full width transom, that's what you have in a kind if way, the sides of the pod are the sides of the boat with a full width transom, if you get what I mean? Yeah sort of get what you're saying noelm. Would be good if I could watch a vid on a similar transom repair. I hope it all works out also working on it from the outside rather than the inside as sound to be the common way of doing them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield28 Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 7 hours ago, noelm said: If you have already done some glassing, you're part way there, just knowing how to mix resin, wet mat out and so on is a big bonus. I have some pics of what I've done on some cosmetics noelm I'll find them and post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant fish Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 I done mime from back I had no choice as the fibreglass was badly cracked(I have a twin setup and nearly lost a motor and half the transom offshore),maybe get something to practice on before you start if you use ply make sure you sandwich glass between sheets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield28 Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 7 hours ago, motiondave said: I had to redo the transom in the pongrass last year. I got in the back and dug and cut the rot out, them lots of resin , fibreglass and new ply sheets cut to size. Straight across the back transom motion? 56 minutes ago, Bryant fish said: I done mime from back I had no choice as the fibreglass was badly cracked(I have a twin setup and nearly lost a motor and half the transom offshore),maybe get something to practice on before you start if you use ply make sure you sandwich glass between sheets You nearly lost an outboard and half the transom after the repair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant fish Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 No before repair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield28 Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Bryant fish said: No before repair Yeah was going to say must have been a really bad effort 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant fish Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Mate I'm trying to inspire confidence not scare the crap out of you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield28 Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Bryant fish said: Mate I'm trying to inspire confidence not scare the crap out of you It did put me off for a minute haha It does worry me though doing my first transom and being different to what I can view on YouTube as my transom is completely different, and the fact I'm going against what is the norm and doing it from the outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield28 Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 3 hours ago, motiondave said: @garfield28not sure what you mean, I will take a pic tomorrow and try to draw put what I did.. Sorry motion, I meant is it a standard transom flat straight across the back or a pod style type like mine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smobaby Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 One of the main reasons transom are repaired internally is there is no external cosmetic problems to deal with. Making it look original and trying to match gelcoat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant fish Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 I had to do mine from outside as the glass was damaged and no it doesn't look as new but it's a 1978 hull ( I think) so has battle scars all over it .I wanted strength not pretty. It's purely a fishing boat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant fish Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Also make sure you leave at least 50mm around edges to fibreglass to making sure each layer goes further out than the last 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield28 Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 9 hours ago, Smobaby said: One of the main reasons transom are repaired internally is there is no external cosmetic problems to deal with. Making it look original and trying to match gelcoat. That's good to know them because I thought it was more to do with the integrity of the structure holding an outboard motor etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield28 Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Bryant fish said: Also make sure you leave at least 50mm around edges to fibreglass to making sure each layer goes further out than the last Think I'm pretty close to that measurement when I started cutting around the outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield28 Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 Here are some pics of just little fibreglass repairs I started making to some old holes and holes that were badly patched when I bought the boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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