fiberglass repair

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GottaSki wrote: 83ski2001 wrote: it was the jack handle caught under a 4000 pound boat. So, more accurately it was the boat that weighs 2x what it should?

It's a very bad case of wet foam!

For Sale: 1983 Ski Nautique*


*minor glass damage on transom

In naval architecture, a transom is the surface that forms the stern of a vessel. Transoms may be flat or curved and they may be vertical, raked forward (known as retroussé), or raked aft.[1][2] The bottom tip of the transom can be approximately on the waterline, in which case the stern of the vessel is referred to as a "transom stern", or the hull can continue so that the centreline is well above the waterline before terminating in a transom, in which case it is referred to as a "counter stern".[3]
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On smaller vessels where an outboard motor is the source of propulsion, the motor is usually mounted on the transom, and held in place either by clamps or metal bolts that go through the transom. In this arrangement, all the power of the motor is transmitted via the transom to the rest of the vessel's structure, making it a very important part of the vessel's construction.[4]

The term is probably a corruption of Latin transtrum, a thwart, in a boat; equivalents are French traverse, croisillon, German Heckspiegel.[5]

The expression over the transom is rooted in the architectural meaning of the word. See

ok well ill leave the site. thanks for your help

If they repair only what got broken it will still take more than a day to do it. The plywood will be ground out, replaced and bedded in thickened epoxy, then glassed over with any number of cloths, mat or biaxial. As long as the thickness is there it doesn't much matter wich one they use. All bolts sealed with 3M 5200 marine sealant. Its a pretty involved repair.

ill just stop asking for help. because everytime i do i get made to feel like a fool. sorry for bothering you all

let me explain more to you what caused it to rip off....when we loaded it on the rollback it was in the grass and the rudder drug in the grass a little bit as it went up on the rollback...so i knew that when he was going to take it off he needed to jack up the back as it was coming off the rollback. so the guy had a jack under the prop guard but did not realize that the jack handle was straight up and it caught on the bottom of the platform and pushed up and up and up and up until it pulled the one side out of the glass. it was not ripped off due to rot. i have had 5 people on that platform at one time to take a picture. i build homes for a living and work with wood everyday. i know what rot is and whats not. the transom wood is not rotten. it was the jack handle caught under a 4000 pound boat. if u ask me i am suprised it did not do anymore damage than it did. its actually very minor. sorry i did not expain fully at first. i am sure that my floors and stringers are rotten underneath, but i do not have the time to do this job in the middle of the summer. thanks for your concern.

yeah i have considered that...but not in the middle of the summer. the transom is totally dry inside. i didnt really ask for opinions on how i should totally tear my boat down naked and redo it. i want to fix this minor problem and make sure the guy who fixes it does it right so i can enjoy the rest of my summer. so back to my question....what should i watch for when the guy fixes it?

so as my boat was being unloaded off a rollback from a bad hub the idiots managed to rip one of the swim platform brackets off the back of the boat.....they have a fiberglass repair guy coming to fix tomorrow. i will be there to watch his every move. what should i look for when he fixes? its not to to bad, the nuts pulled through and there was a peice of the gel that came off. i want to make sure he does this correctly so it doesnt leak and mainly because i am so so so anal about my boat. i felt like one of my kids got hit by a car when i heard my boat got messed up... so anyone who knows alot about this? what products should i seee him using? how heavy of cloth? cabasil? let me know your every opinion. thanks