The boat is listed as a Uniflite on the Boat Brokers literature. I will have to check that out some more once I take possession. It is rather unusual in that it has a round chine and a funny rectangular keel sticking down half way along the bottom. The superstucture looks appropriate. The reason I am suspecting wood in the transom is that the surveyor found a soft spot in the transom so I assumed it was caused by wet wood. Once again I will find out more once I have possession and I get a chance to drill into it and see what I find. The technique you used sounds good. If I find wood I'll give it a try...Thanks a lot.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:35 PM, HBH <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
