transom repair

[bigeasy1]

Originally Posted by pelican

those pictures of the deck,the motor box:

motor box is sitting on starbord ??

that hatch,in front of the box ? doesn't fit flush does it ?

did you replace that deck ?

__________________________________________________ _________________________
*Actually the motor box is sitting on Azek PVC trim board (3/4")

The reason for this is my stupidity,of not thinking ahead and being a novice to recoring.
When I recored the entirely rotted motor box(I used balsa core)I did it with the motor box laying flat on a table.I thought I put enough curve in it,so that it would match the radius of the lip on the back panel that the box rests on.
Unfortunately I didn't put enouge curve in it,so I had to lift it a bit for it to sit on that lip when closed.
I thought about cutting a series of slots in the new core so I could reform it to fit,then reglass over them,but it looks pretty good,so it will stay that way for now.

*The hatch in front of the motor box(the old bait well) is covering the two batteries and switch.The lid of it sticks up about 1/4".It's not a trip hazard as it's so close to the motor box,and not in a traffic pattern when running to get a fish.

*The deck was pretty solid except for the areas under the passenger and helm seats up forward.I recored those areas.Originally I was going to try and redo the original deck pattern with the non skid strip patern,but decided against it.
I ground down the old pattern,and rolled on two coats of tinted gelcoat that I thickened with cabosil.It makes for an almost too good of a non skid.Don't think of kneeling on it unless you like bloody Knees.

[Entourage]

If i was to do my transom again i would have never touched the outter skin. The illustrations that Bigeasy has supplied is definately the best way for it to be done.