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pickle

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I’ve rebuilt my transom and decks on my 86 fisherman , just wondering what the chances are bout my stringers going bad
 
Hey Pickle - welcome to the site! Always a chance of that where wood is involved, especially in an older boat. When the transom/decks were rebuilt I'm wondering if you were able to inspect the stringers (to the extent they would be inspectible)? I'm certainly no expert and would never consider rebuilding a transom/deck myself, so take my comments with a grain of salt! I will say the obvious - if you keep your boat in the water, chances increase. If you keep the boat uncovered on a trailer, chances increase. If you keep your boat on a trailer or lift, covered, chances decrease. Check for areas where water can get in and make sure those are sealed up - anything below the water line, screws (transducer, temp sensor, drain plug, thru hull fittings, etc.). Take note whether or not the boat seems to take on any water on a regular basis - pull the drain plug after each outing - any water come out? Another place where water might come in is through the rod holders. In my 96 v21 they rod holders drained straight down below deck right on top of the foam! I connected hoses to the bottom of the rod holders and routed all 4 straight to the bilge.
 
Easy way to check for stringers issues is the limber holes. They are the holes in the stringer where it ties into the transom. When wellcraft built these hulls, they just drilled holes and left the exposed wood unsealed. Usually where rot begins.

If they would have sealed these holes and the top of the transom instead of that piece of magic waterproof aluminum,where the cap sits on the hull, a lot more of the boats would still be around.

When u rebuilt the transom, did u replace core material or pour a new one?
 
Blue_Runner said:
Hey Pickle - welcome to the site! Always a chance of that where wood is involved, especially in an older boat. When the transom/decks were rebuilt I'm wondering if you were able to inspect the stringers (to the extent they would be inspectible)? I'm certainly no expert and would never consider rebuilding a transom/deck myself, so take my comments with a grain of salt! I will say the obvious - if you keep your boat in the water, chances increase. If you keep the boat uncovered on a trailer, chances increase. If you keep your boat on a trailer or lift, covered, chances decrease. Check for areas where water can get in and make sure those are sealed up - anything below the water line, screws (transducer, temp sensor, drain plug, thru hull fittings, etc.). Take note whether or not the boat seems to take on any water on a regular basis - pull the drain plug after each outing - any water come out? Another place where water might come in is through the rod holders. In my 96 v21 they rod holders drained straight down below deck right on top of the foam! I connected hoses to the bottom of the rod holders and routed all 4 straight to the bilge.
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phatdaddy said:
Easy way to check for stringers issues is the limber holes. They are the holes in the stringer where it ties into the transom. When wellcraft built these hulls, they just drilled holes and left the exposed wood unsealed. Usually where rot begins.

If they would have sealed these holes and the top of the transom instead of that piece of magic waterproof aluminum,where the cap sits on the hull, a lot more of the boats would still be around.

When u rebuilt the transom, did u replace core material or pour a new one?
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I used plywood w west system to rebuild the transom , in doing that I glassed in pvc pipe thru the limber holes. I was just curious as to how many stringer problems have come up
 
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