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| Glenora Marine Regal Repair |
The task is compleated and Larry will now put the interior and motor back in the boat. The end project cost for those of you considering such a repair would run from %4,500 to $6,000 for the average production boat in the high teen footage. It take roughly a month of shop time and we only use vinalester and epoxy resins and no longer use any polyester resin. The project called for the removal of rotten transom and stringers followed by a proper reconstruction using both epoxy and polyester resins. The subject boat is a Vanguard of roughly 21' and powered by a inboard outboard V6.Vanguardd who were better known for their trailer and RV's than their marine division made beautifully hull nonabsolutely excellent fiberglass work. There are thousands of these perfectly good boats out there that have now "lost" their stringers and floorboards. The repair of damage such as this must be done right or you will find that a couple of years later you are back to a dead boat.
The first step was the removal of the rotting and damaged transom and stringers. No one should underestimate the volume of this nasty dangerous work. The bottom line is you are trapped in a confined space using your 4.5" grinder with a zip cut is an atmosphere that is laden with fiberglass dust. In this case the floor and part of the transom had already been removed and it still took over a week (37 hours) of cutting and grinding before we were ready to begin reconstruction. The page is sequential with the latest progress images to the top of the page. |
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Note September 8, 2006: There are a number of progress photos showing the fiberglassing of the stringers and floor yet to be posted. I should get them up in the next few days. |
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August 19: The Glenora Marine job is doing nicely. This is a text book new transom! A closer look at these pictures shows the first layer of "Cloth", and then close-ups of where the transom glass overlaps and joins the original, WHICH IS ALL CRITICAL. 
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| To the right the finished transom with 1 layer of cloth and 3 layers of matt. 
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Aug 12: The new transom is in and the new stringers and floor are roughed in. |
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The new transom is cut and laminated together using epoxy. It is then trimmed and fitted into a bed of Epoxy and cabosil against the exterior fiberglass. Temporary bolts are tightened through all available holes and long wedges provide compression during the drying process to guarantee good adhesion. |
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08/04/06 Final clean up of old bilge  |
08/04/06 cutting the transom template 
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08/04/06 final transom template
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Final clean up of old bilge |
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