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08-12-2012, 07:14 PM
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Is my transom supposed to look like this?
A little bit of nautical forensic sleuthing (looking at the semi-filled holes in the transom) told me that my 37 year young 20 foot Master Angler was equipped with twin engines at one time. Easy to tell when I can pop the dowels out of the transom like that. After pulling the aluminum trim and drilling the dowels, I found a mulch sandwich. No surprise, the top of the O/B cutout was less rigid than I would like, and out of flat by about 1/2 inch over 38 inches from years of outboards tugging on it.
The temporary repair was to fill the crack with 5200, brace it with aluminum C channel, essentially from the top of one stringer to another. The bolts draw the "glue joint" together and seals up the transom a bit better. Enough for this season. But a new transom is in my future. Gory pictures below. The first is the installed band-aid. The rest are the carnage. If you look closely you can see the transition from ~3/8" thick laminate to ~1/8" at about the top of the cutout. Last edited by FishStretcher; 08-18-2012 at 10:08 AM. 
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#2
08-12-2012, 09:37 PM
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This a trick question???
My answer is NO. Remember, every time water comes over the transom, when it rains, when you wash the boat, etc. it just adds more water to your already rotting wood in the transom. Good luck.
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#3
08-18-2012, 10:08 AM
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Well, I sealed it all up with 5200 and added aluminum C channel. will take it out tomorrow and see how it goes. It made it 10 miles offshore before any fixing, so this has to be better.
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11-23-2012, 10:52 PM
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In case anyone is interested, this worked great. 3 feet of channel topsides and 2 feet in the bilge. It isn't terribly ugly and makes for a nice wire trough. And it is quite rigid, tested while bottom fishing in 4 footers, and trailering with a heavy four stroke 60 miles each way.
Last edited by FishStretcher; 11-25-2012 at 10:31 AM. Reason: I can't write english!
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07-31-2014, 09:00 PM
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So I found a bad patch for a hole in the transom. Below waterline. After a two week long dip in warm salt water.
I am going to spend some time with a vacuum pump soon. Good thing it is 3/4 hp and good for 26" Hg.
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#7
08-03-2014, 08:54 PM
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Weird thing. I pulled as hard a vacuum as I could with a Gast 1022, and got maybe half a teaspoon in my jar? I only ran it for 15 mins, but I got nothing after the first minute. Maybe it wasn't as bad as I thought.
When I get a hot dry day, I will try it again. With some heat, maybe I can get some water vapor out. Then I will hit it with some 5200 for a temporary fix.
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#8
08-07-2014, 02:41 PM
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drill a hole or two near the bottom of the transom, and see if the wood is wet or dry there. Looks like a transom rebuild is probably in order though.
In Boston you have whatever water is in the wood freezing/thawing all winter long. That will ruin whatever wood is still intact.
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08-07-2014, 09:09 PM
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Looks like transom time soon. Let me know if you need a hand when it comes time.
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