Transom support Braces / Bracket

[LDUBS]

Yes, plywood will give far more lateral strength than any 2 by lumber. Make your new plywood transom the total width of the transom if possible.

Do yourself a favor and replace the whole transom.

X3 - replace with however layers of ply are needed to get the width you need.

 

[WellsRobb]

Thank you all for the responses. It looks like a full transom fit of plywood to fit the width of the cap is the direction. Appreciate it.

 

[thill]

Replace the whole transom. I saw one exception to what was stated above about 2x lumber. It was on a Mariner V. Had a 2x8 of some kind of wood, not sure what kind, but that transom was solid as a stone. I was going to replace it, but trying to get it out, I stopped and asked myself, "why am I doing this?" And so it stayed, and is still there, strong as ever to this day.

But that was a different type of transom than yours. I like plywood with fiberglass mat sandwich if it will fit.

 

[WellsRobb]

Replace the whole transom. I saw one exception to what was stated above about 2x lumber. It was on a Mariner V. Had a 2x8 of some kind of wood, not sure what kind, but that transom was solid as a stone. I was going to replace it, but trying to get it out, I stopped and asked myself, "why am I doing this?" And so it stayed, and is still there, strong as ever to this day.

But that was a different type of transom than yours. I like plywood with fiberglass mat sandwich if it will fit.

Interesting. A gentleman in the neighborhood said that if the board had been a 2x10 or 2x12 it would be pretty solid but the fact that only one bolt holding the current board,the transom is weaker.