is your boat a uniflite? i dont recall wood in the transom of a uniflite? i had another boat with rotten transom....drilled holes to let the water out and reamed out the wet wood with a drill bit till all i had was solid wood...then filled the void with fiberglass resin to make it solid again
On Jun 5, 5:53 pm, rj <[email protected]> wrote: > I just bought a 1975 48 foot C/B Pleasure Cruiser. The marine > surveyor noted some soft spots. The one I am most worried about is in > the transom. I have replaced a transom on a power vessel before. > That one was small enough to take out of the water on a trailer by > myself. The 48 footer is expensive to haul out and expensive to pay > for while it is "on the hard". I am thinking of drilling 1/4 inch > holes down from the top of the transom into the soft area then > pouriing the runny marine epoxy they use to permeate and repair dry > rot down the holes, allowing it to permeate and harden, then filling > the holes with an epoxy filling mix. Anyone had any experience with > this? Anyone got any suggestions? > > Also looking at pictures of the boats last haul out I noticed that it > had a keel (one of those shorter rectangular shaped ones that you see > on some newer sail boats). Any ideas what its there for, stability > etc ?? > > I look forward to hearing from you. I would also like to get any > information. Pictures etc. of my vessel as I work on her to restore > her beauty...Thanks, rj > . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
