V-195 Restoration Thread

[Jason]

We just need to get a transom expert there too.....  Steve, Jerry, Red, ??

[Hyperacme]

" I've got a lead on a V-212 that is in pretty good shape that needs a motor...  "

AAAAHHHhaaa   The easy way out ...  LOL

[Rosscoe]

Needless to say, that really bites, but does it really need to be replaced now? I know, being that the floor is out, now would be the best time but maybe its just a spot thats soft? Outboard away from the outdrive?
Getting a couple of seasons use out of it would help with the ambition to do it later but then you'd have your new floor in there. Just wondering if it is really necessary at this time.

[Jerry]

My first thought is "this is the time to do it", but after some thought, the deck is still on, and there isn't any real stress on the transom with an I/O, and it's a small area, lay some new glass over it and pretend ya never saw it. (I won't tell)

[OleRed]

It's the outboard most section of the transom plywood where the two main starboard stringers meet the transom.

Hey Brian, you probably don't need to replace the whole transom, you Can just cut out the bad wood and replace that ... once you get past the moist wood, make a template out of cardboard, laminate some wood together the same thickness, and glass it back in there with a wet glob of chopped strand and resin mix, over-lay that with some woven rov mat and be done with it. like Jerry said, ther's not the stress on a transom for an I/O as there is for an outboard,  I mean, there is stress alright, and Plenty of it, but it is spread over a Much larger area of the transom, and a lot closer to the prop.

[David CVX-16]

Just an idea, after cutting out the rotten wood, rout out some good wood beyond that point so that the new wood going in has a cap onto good wood - like a step section.

[dorelse]

Here's how I fixed my pocket of rot on the transom...could you do something similar?

Dug out the bad, then poured in & braced the Seacast.  Seacast will bond to existing wood, and I cut the opening smaller than the wood I dug out so that it would be sandwiched in.    Honestly think I've done a good fix and will hold for as long as I have the boat.









2 Coats of mat over everything to tie it all together:



Got a little wide on the outer edge, but its fine b/c that's not far enough out not to matter:



Sealed it up with resin & bilgecote: