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Nearly all the work being in the prep, pouring the transom compound was relatively straightforward. There was just one hiccup - on opening the box I discovered that while the supplier reseller (not CarbonCore) had helpfully included MEKP catalyst, it was only enough to catalyze at a...

A couple of years ago, one of the bead chains holding my fuel cap to the boat came apart. The small screw tumbled down into the fuel tank, and I just dealt with having one unleashed fuel cap. I recently had occasion to remove, drain and clean my fuel tanks, and in doing so, finally retrieved...

Next, I redrilled the bolt holes for the main outboard and kicker bracket in the new inner transom skin. I made up some jigs to clamp the transom to uniform thickness from the outside (bearing against the 1" spacer pucks). Two 2x10 planks on the outer transom, one 2x10 inside below the...

Inner transom skin dealt with, it was time to prep for replacing the removed balsa core with CarbonBond. This job was 95% preparation. Pouring was going to be easy, but also non-replicable - very important to get everything right before actually doing it. My first step began concurrently with...

Removing the core made apparent how thin the inner fiberglass skin below the splashwell really was. Much of it appeared to be 1-2 thin layers of glass, with gelcoat/paint forming the majority of its thickness. Not a surprise that I'd made a few holes with the spade bit. Grinding away the...

Considerable onward progress over the past week or so. I removed all of the balsa core in the transom, all the way down to the hull. This was pretty tedious. I completed most removal with a 1" spade bit on extensions, busting up balsa into bits that could be removed with a shopvac. As I got...