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Cracked top cap on my transom...*(progress update)*
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<blockquote data-quote="kofkorn" data-source="post: 393989" data-attributes="member: 7076"><p>Looking at the overall pictures of the back of your boat, I'm guessing you are pretty significantly overpowered. I don't know if you can read the info on your manufacturer's tag, but looking at the width of the transom and the size and thickness of the plywood on it, I'd say you should probably be in the 8 hp range or less. </p><p></p><p>To use that 15 hp on that boat, you're going to have to make the new transom quite a bit larger to spread the load. I would go as wide as you feasibly can, and definitely make the new plywood go all the way to the bottom. </p><p></p><p>Your motor is pulling back on the top of the transom and because the wood is so narrow, it's causing major stress on the aluminum cap. If you simply fix the cracked aluminum, it's going to crack again in short order. </p><p></p><p>Can you give us the overall size of your boat WxL?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kofkorn, post: 393989, member: 7076"] Looking at the overall pictures of the back of your boat, I'm guessing you are pretty significantly overpowered. I don't know if you can read the info on your manufacturer's tag, but looking at the width of the transom and the size and thickness of the plywood on it, I'd say you should probably be in the 8 hp range or less. To use that 15 hp on that boat, you're going to have to make the new transom quite a bit larger to spread the load. I would go as wide as you feasibly can, and definitely make the new plywood go all the way to the bottom. Your motor is pulling back on the top of the transom and because the wood is so narrow, it's causing major stress on the aluminum cap. If you simply fix the cracked aluminum, it's going to crack again in short order. Can you give us the overall size of your boat WxL? [/QUOTE]
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