seacast transom repair

[alex]

has anyone heard of seacast and if so how good is it and will it hold up

[leapnlineman]

I have never heard of it before now. Here is a link to more info on that product that may be of help:

forums.iboats.com/Boat-Building-Repair/SeaCAST

[groundloop]

Oct 17, 2010 11:33:38 GMT -1 alex said:

has anyone heard of seacast and if so how good is it and will it hold up

I've totally rebuilt 2 boats including transom replacent, so kinda' know what's goin' on inside a bad transom. Between my own experience and a few knowledgeable people I've heard from on the subject of seacast I'm leery of all of it's claims. If you have a higher performance boat I'd definitely avoid it. For a lower performance boat it might be OK --- IF --- you can get every last bit of rotted and wet wood out of the transom and provide a good bonding surface for the seacast.

Also, if your transom is bad have you checked the stringers and deck? It's possible to have just one go bad without affecting anything else, but when water gets in and rots one it often gets to everything else just to make our lives extra difficult.

[alex]

well groundloop the restore of my boat has started...i pulled the motor yesterday and with it being an older boat i can pull the top cap to redo the transom and stringers so i might be yelling at you for advice if you don't mind....i worked in fl. at a boat yard for 2 years so i can do fiberglass just never done nothing this small before but i sure i can handle it....i stay on iboats fourm to help too

[groundloop]

Oct 31, 2010 12:24:24 GMT -1 alex said:

i might be yelling at you for advice if you don't mind

Sure, glad to help. I don't check allatoonabass every day so if you want you can send me a PM and I'll give you my email address if you've got any pressing questions.

I don't know what kind of boat you've got, or how much you already know about doing this.... but chances are the first problem you'll run into is after you get the rub rail off and go to pull the cap you'll find that it won't come loose at the transom. Most boats use a filler material between the splashwell and transom, and you'll need to break that bond before the cap comes off. On some boats you can get to that from under the splashwell, on both of mine I had to cut out some fiberglass on top of the transom to gain access, and then beat/chisel until that bond was broken.

...i stay on iboats fourm to help too

There's a lot of knowledge there, especially for generic, non boat-specific issues. My first time around I had a lot of questions and iboats was a big help. For the second one (my Checkmate) I pretty much knew what had to happen but had a few specific questions and got answers to those on the Checkmate forum.