I appreciate your reply and I definitely am going to put a splash guard of some kind on my boat and plan on putting several hours on it hopefully before getting into any really rough water. I live up here in Oregon on the Columbia river and dont plan on doing any bar crossings until I learn my boat. I appreciate your response! Thank you!
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Before diving into such a project, I would drill test holes at strategic points to see what you find. You might find some wet spots, but I just checked a number of areas in my 35-year-old transom (including the mounting holes for the engine, the motorwell drain holes, and the bilge drain. The only moisture I detected was around the motorwell drains. There was no rot what so ever. I let them dry and then reamed them out and filled each back in with West System epoxy and high density filler, then installed new drain fittings. Overall, I found the transom wood to be in very good shape.
This is what I have done and works perfect for me. 3/4" Starboard mounted with 3/4" aluminum L channel. L channel was mounted on top of the transom trim with 3M 4200 between surfaces. Starboard was mounted to L channel with 3M 5200 between surfaces. Very Solid and prevents any excessive water extrusion.
That looks really good and I definitely would be interested in doing the same thing, but I have a kicker motor so I would only be able to enclose one side. I did see where someone else used some starboard on the backside of the splash well and said it really helped to keep the boat dry. I do like how it looks. Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate it !!
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So did you just fill it in or did you replace the whole transom? Just not sure I want to go this route. Last boat had a bracket and it was a POS to get the motor dialed in. If I do it I'll replace the whole transom so there's solid core all the way up from the bottom. Aaaaand another $2500 to get it done.
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It would be hard to make it one solid piece because the transom angle changes at the original motor well height
Those look great !! I need a set also. I will split the cost with you if you want?Thanks
I've got the final version done and waiting to get them from my a friend who's cutting them. When I know they're right or as close as can be I'll let everyone know.
Thank you very much !! Much appreciated.! Are you by chance replacing the small ones above the window on the cuddy? I need those also.
My boat doesn't have those so probably not. Buddy says they should be cut tomorrow so fingers crossed.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you on this glorious day, the often talked about but rarely seen in the wild, Cabo 216 Cuddycon deck drains, hoses and yes, the bilge hose!!!! All that’s left now is the livewell hoses and they should be relatively easy compared to these bastards.
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Lol every screw on this boat is being replaced. The deck drains were a real conundrum because up until I cut the holes to replace the thru hulls I couldn't find a way to replace them without cutting into something else and nobody really had the answer short of pulling the liner off the boat. I'm good with cutting a boat open and making proper fiberglass repairs but I don't want to do that unless I absolutely have to.
The great news is that there isn't a single fitting left to remove so there is no having to tape over anything for the paint. It's a completely gutted hull.
I should have them in a couple days and once I've held it up against the original I'll know if it's good enough. The challenge for older boats will be a shadow of the old decal if it isn't exact unless you wet sand and polish it out. Mine will be going on fresh paint so it won't matter. The other thing is that a set of three (one spare in case you bugger up the installation or hit a dock) is $100.
Sounds good. I'll take a set. Thanks for your efforts to produce a set. Nice of you to share your efforts and time. Dean O. Ph. 503-308-2691
Great job. Thanks for sharing this valuable info. So, once you had the deck drain off and the foam dug away from the transom openings, did you just pull the hose out and, if so, from which end did you pull?
The hoses are completely encased in foam and being corrugated, they don't want to let go so I ended up having to keep grinding away at the foam and pulling on the hoses until they finally broke free. I'm not sure it would be possible to get them out if there was still foam completely surrounding them.
You do have another option though if you can't get the hoses out. They're all 1.5" ID hoses so you could use them as conduit and run a smaller diameter hose inside them in the worst case.
