Absolutely not a good job refitting, the plan moving forward is to indeed make it better than the mess the original builder has done, as scott Danforth stated other options for the end grain balsa nida core or foam core what would the better option be to follow the curved contour of the bottom...
Yes i now know what the transom thickness should be and i appreciate all the info you have shared, but the build spec sheet for this particular boat would tell me why the original transom was only 1" thick but with the unglassed wood spacers added made the 2 1/8" total thickness as well as aid...
I appreciate all the info i would love to be able to lift the cap off but unfortunately have no way in doing so on a boat this big so it will be a little more difficult but i knew this was the place to go for the answer's! I am also curious about what i believe is end grain balsa, it was used in...
So i have been removing rotted transom and cutting away the bad sections of the hull but got to this area and not sure how to proceed, the area on question is a boxed in portion on either side of engine bay it is built over the floor but looks as if it was installed before upper half of boat was...
Thats what i am thinking,the transom behind it is glassed and matches the rest of the transom so my question is why it was added. I am thinking this was a newer drive added at some point, doesn't really matter though because when i redo transom i will build the keyhole area up the right way just...
so engine is out and transom measured 1" thick but with this added wood totaled 2 ¹/⁸" so im guessing this was factory unless a previous drive setup would have needed a thinner transom. Anyone familiar if the aplha gen 1 would be a factory option in 1981 or was there somthing before the gen 1? Tia
upon further inspection i found this, my question is was this a factory setup or was someone doin a cut corner approach for repair. I find it hard to believe it would be a factory thing but you never know. There is also a plywood shim under front engine mounts
So this is the area in question, the hull floor is soft curious if anyone has replaced somthing like this and how did it go? I will also be doing transom and engine mounts at same time. Thanks
Ok will look into posting pics, i have owned many boats and have shyed away from transom replacement candidates but this is the one i finally try to tackle. The engine bay floor is what really has me worried but im sure someone on this site has successfully done it. Thanks
Fiberglass, transom is rotted and have done some reading not to worried about doin transom just not sure about engine bay floor. Just not sure if i just peel back wood and replace like the transom. Tia
