VICTORY enjoyed camping out on the work deck, under cover of a tarp. Much better than uncovered under a tree.
Part of the transom cap flange was gone, probably damaged when the original cap was removed years ago. Those holes in the flange are for screws to hold the cap in place. In this photo we have smoothed and beveled out the fiberglass around the repair area with 60 grit on a dual action sander to get a nice clean surface for epoxy and glass. Multiple layers of 4 oz fiberglass strips were used to fill the void, wet with TotalBoat High Performance epoxy and THIXO.
Multiple layers of 4 oz fiberglass strips were used to rebuild the transom cap flange, wet with TotalBoat High Performance epoxy and THIXO. Another strip wrapped the adjacent edges of the flange, then plastic sheet was applied to isolate the epoxy, wood strips to hold the repair to shape the patch and finally clamps to hold the patch while the epoxy dried. We also filled the old screw holes and splits in the gunwale with THIXO. In other news the planer in the background was used to plane a piece of teak down to 1/4 inch, to be the top layer on the new cap.
Traced the aft curve of the transom cap with a sharpie while the plywood help in place on the boat, then used the old cap to get the fore-aft measurement. Cut the curve with a DeWALT jigsaw.
Sanded the aft end and sides of the cap to match the transom curve with 60 grit on a belt sander.
Once the aft curve was defined and faired we used a combination square to move a line forward 8 inches to get the leading edge curve. Also marked the approximate location of the mizzen mast partner.
The new transom cap will be 3/4 inches thick, two 1/4 inch layers of fir plywood and a top layer of teak. The teak cap had to be cut from two pieces because the widest stock we could get was 5 1/2 inches wide, and the cap measures almost 8 inches from forward edge to t aft edge.
Transom cap layers epoxied together with TotalBoat THIXO, clamped to the boat to form the matching curve.
There's a Drascombe Dabber transom cap under there somewhere, two 1/4 inch layers of marine grade fir plywood capped with a top layer of cumaru teak. Glued together with TotalBoat THIXO. I had to piece together the teak, those fore and aft strips are clamping down the seam between the two pieces, with plastic sheet underneath the clamp strips to keep the from becoming part of the boat.
Cut pieces of teak for a new forward seat and edge glued them with TotalBoat THIXO. The seat is removable and is placed just forward of the centerboard to be a rowing station.
VICTORY liked sleeping on the work deck that she asked to bunk inside with ZIP and WINNIE, while it was raining outside.
Log of VICTORY.
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