Transom Project 2
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I spent some time on Saturday running the grinder with 36 grit disks to bevel the areas around the notch cutout, the old abandoned thru-hulls, motor bolt holes, and the areas where I removed some outer skin.
I actually had help again today. My good friend Ryan Perry took a day away from his 28' Intrepid to come out and help me level off the transom on this sucker. It would have been very difficult without Ryan's help. Many thanks! Below, I am putting the last drops of resin on the last bit of glass. I totally ran out of glass and epoxy resin today!
We filled the low spots in with layers of 1808 DB and 1.5oz mat. I was planning to top the whole transom off with a layer or two of 1808 DB, but I ran smooth out! There is a local hardware store that carries some of these higher end glass fabrics, but they were closed by the time I got there. West Marine had small and highly priced packages of 18oz Roven Woven, but I wanted a whole sheet across the back of the boat.
We ended up topping the back of the boat off with a layer of 1.5 oz mat, followed by a layer of 6oz cloth, and finally a layer of 3/4oz mat. The 3/4oz mat is more of a sanding layer, I guess. I'm sure it will be plenty strong, but I would have preferred the other stuff. We ran out of everything, resin and glass (I had plenty of 1.5 & 3/4oz mat though)! Chalk one more up to poor planning!
I spent some time knocking the rough glass off the freshly cured stern. I have lots of fairing to do on this thing.
Here I took a 6' long straight edge and scribed where the floor will fall against the hull sides and transom. There is a 1.75" camber on the floor and the top of the transom (the middle is 1.75" higher than the outer edges).
The line through the bilge area denotes where a bulkhead will be placed.
