[Rhodes22-list] Fiberglass Failure at Motor Mount in Lazarette

[John Lock]

Sounds like flexing of the transom under heavy load caused the 
delamination.  Stiffening with a better backer board outta fix the 
problem after you get it glued back together.

FYI - On my boat there is also a wooden strut (2x2) between the backer 
board and the back wall of the cockpit.  Don't know if that's original 
or added by P.O.  but looks like it's there to solve the same problem.

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Cheers!
John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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On 2012-07-30 18:11, David Craft wrote:
> Well,
>
> On a trip out Lockwood Folly inlet we encountered some nasty rollers at the
> last channel marks   We took 4-5 waves for the last 50 yards, mostly head
> on as as we had little time or room to maneuver.  This is a newly dredged
> channel and a little unpredictable.
>
> Upon returning to  Southport the next day I noticed the separation in the
> lazarette of the fiberglass between the hull and reinforced area for the
> motor mount.  Note the mount had been moved up due to a new longer shaft
> motor.  You can still make out the 2 lower screw holes now filled in.  The
> upper two holes are now the lower two holes in the new location.  The
> outside of the transom is intact with no cracks or defects in the gel coat.
>
> Proposed fix.  Quick set epoxy to hold the separation together.
> Fiberglass mesh and adhesive over the the separation. New talller backer
> board to come all the way down the bottom of the laz and bolted in using
> the old holes as well as the upper holes where the mount current is.   That
> would be 6 bolts in the 12" x 18" board.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>