Transom shower head

[Basketcase]

Hey guys. On my 20 restoration, my transom has what appears to be a shower head drilled into it. I can't imagine this was factory. Anyone have any insight on this? It's getting sealed up. I'm just curious.

[uncleboo]

I don't know jack, but, I'm guessing some sort of delamination repair.

[Basketcase]

Hmm. I guess thats a possibility. I cant remember if it was visible before I did the transom or not. It may have been painted over with bottom paint but I honestly cant remember. It looks very intentional. Like its a perfect pattern. If I were doing a delamination repair by injecting epoxy I doubt I'd make the effort for such perfection.

[NoBones]

Live well......
My 1970 had the same of which I cut out and used a 4 inch
screened cover plate. On the inside of the live well installed a
4 inch inspection port. That enables me to close it off when not
using the live well ....

Look above the port trim tab to the right of the ram..
Upper left is a plate covering the old Armstrong ladder hanger..

[Bushwacker]

The 3/8" hole in center was for the water inlet, which was a 3/8" tube that extended down thru a couple brackets below the hull, cut off at a 45 degree angle. The small 1/8" holes were the overflow which let water back out. It was located at water line so water could slosh in and out when at rest but circulate while you're running. Another brilliant Moesly design which created a circulating live w/o the need for a pump!

[Basketcase]

Interesting. So my question is, was the whole transom core removed in this area? I cant image the holes were just drilled into the core. How did they seal that up? It is a cool idea for sure.

[NoBones]

They hole sawed out the wood... Glassed in the exposed wood...
So all there is the transom thickness of glass approx 3/8 inch !!

[Bushwacker]

There was no core in that area. On my boat there was a hole in the core with an inner plastic cup with a water tight cap on the inside that was bonded to the outer skin with potter putty. It wasn't particularly well sealed and, along with leaks under the aluminum trim at the bottom of the tractor cut out, was probably a transom killer on many boats of that vintage. I began to worry about it after I'd had my boat a couple years, at which point it was about 5 years old. I opened it up and pulled out the plastic cup. The brittle Potter putty had cracked and sure enough it was leaking into the core. I opened it up and dried it out with denatured alcohol, used some Git Rot and Marine Tex to fix the rotted area. I epoxied a PVC female threaded fitting to the outer skin large enough in diameter to enclose all the 1/8" drain holes and sealed the OD with Marine Tex. With the screw-in male plug and a Phye plate to cover the whole thing it was still water tight and functional.

[Mshugg]

Looks like maybe someone tried to repair a soft spot by injecting epoxy into the holes. There's no other reason that I can think of.

[NoBones]

Originally Posted by Mshugg

Looks like maybe someone tried to repair a soft spot by injecting epoxy into the holes. There's no other reason that I can think of.

Did you even read the follow up posts ??

FACTORY LIVE WELL !!!!!!

Added pic of 1969 sitting in the back 40 just now...
This one was cut out !