196 transom rebuild cost

[love2fish]

looking at a 19-6 that has an aluminum bracket across the whole transom. Does anyone have a ballpark price for putting a new/solid transom across the back that would accomidate a bracket for an outboard.  I know this is a vague question given I have no idea of the condition of the stringers and deck of the boat. something similar to what lilrichard did to his 222.  Thanks very much
Chris

[Mad Dog]

Chris, this will be a rough guess but is based on my rebuild.  This assumes you remove the inner skin of the transom and chisel out the existing core. Then, cutting the plywood to recore and fill in the open area. Gluing in the new core, tabbing it to the hull, then building up the new inner skin.

Three sheets of 1/2" marine ply (or 2 sheets of 3/4).  About three gallons of epoxy resin.  Five yards of 1700 Biax cloth.  Thickener (woodflour/cabosil) fairing compound, primer, & paint.

About $550 for supplies.  
20 hours of labor. (+/-)

Hope this helps.

MD  

[love2fish]

i appriciate it!

[slippery73]

The pour transom would be equivalent and wont ever rot. Plus its several times stronger.

[Mad Dog]

Slippery,

Chris wants to enclose the transom completely so he needs to core the open area.  Not sure how to do that with pour in materials.

Do you have a link or any specification on the pour in method?  My lack of knowledge about that method makes it hard for me to understand how it could be stronger than a composit contruction.  I would appreciate the education.

MD  

[GoneFission]

Seacast is probably the best known - lots of info on their website:

http://www.seawolfindustries.com/seacast.html  

Good luck!