Transom Rebuild Time!

[DEFIANT]

I just posted some pictures in the Photo Gallery. I did not get them in the proper order, sorry!

I have since removed all of the wood from the transom   This was accomplished with a lot of effort with a chisel, crow bar, flat bar, hammer and a grinder/sander! It took half of Saturday and all of Sunday to get to this point!

The transom was built from three sheets of plywood to total an inch and a half of lumber. One sheet was removed in one piece. I will take some more pictures and post them soon!

[Wilson]

Looks good.  An air chisel and a sawzall did wonders for me when I was tearing apart my boat.  Wedges also were a huge help.

[88' 222]

The old guy is right about the plywood. I used AC in a project about 18 years ago, hasn't rotted yet . AC is fir exterior grade plywood with a few
 voids in it if you look at the edge. Marine plywood is the same without the voids,same wood, same glue

[88' 222]

The old guy is right about the plywood. I used AC in a project about 18 years ago, hasn't rotted yet . AC is fir exterior grade plywood with a few
 voids in it if you look at the edge. Marine plywood is the same without the voids,same wood, same glue

[DEFIANT]

I am done with the destruction and now doing my planning on how to rebuild the transom.

I will use three sheets of AC Plywood laminated togeather 2 - 15/32 " and 1-23/32", this is as close as I can get to the original layout. When I cut the old transom out I noticed the top two inches had no wood, only thickend resin as did the sides.  I wonder if that was done to add rigidity and strength. Should I try to reproduce this, if so, how?  The easiest method to me would be to cut the plywood so it is 2 inches higher.

I also noticed the wood was not cut at the same angle as the bottom of the boat. Was this due to poor workmanship or was it done on purpose to prevent the edge of the wood from sitting in bilge water  I think I will cut the wood to fit!

I have a few more pictures of the project, I'll try to post them later today.

If the weather cooperates the reconstruction will begin this weekend!

[Seadog]

I saw the same thing in mine - the bottom of the transom wood core was not cut at the angle of the hull it met.

Don't know why they did it that way, but maybe just to save time in production and not have to go the extra step to cut it to fit...

[DEFIANT]

I made major progress this weekend!  The transom is now laminated into the boat! I have been taking pictures as I go and will post a bunch soon.

[DEFIANT]

It is amazing how long this job is taking! But I only have time on the weekends do do the work.

The good news is I am making major progress! Last weekend I finished laminating the back deck area onto the boat. Now I have to reinstall the transom fish well. So far I have used 6 gallons of epoxy resin!

I have rerouted the deck drains to empty through the transom rather than the sides. With the addition of rubber flapers on the outside I hope this will end the classic Aquasport foot bath!

[DEFIANT]

I just posted a bunch of pictures of the rebuild in the Photo Gallery.

I have completed much more than you will see in these pictures but I need to down load the new pictures.

I will actually be painting this weekend. With some vacation time this coming week, I may actually be back on the water by the following weekend!    

[Anonymous]

It has been too humid! Dennis has hit us with 90% humidity! I have put off painting.

Tomorrow will be bettter, I have lined up spray equipment so I will try spraying for the first time. Am I  making a mistake? Time will tell! I will keep you all updated.

Have any of you seen the pictures posted under Defiant? Please let me know if you think I am goi ng in the right direction!

Any last minuite pointers on spray painting are more than weloomed!