Recent content by cron78

Update on the old Meyers transom I am working on. Work and life got in the way of fixing the transom last August, but it is cut out, sanded, and has the first coat of spar varnish on it today. Lesson learned is that planing white oak is a bear. I worked half an hour on my little Rigid...

Thx. Gonna take your advice and work on the transom this weekend. The wife and I went down to Cape Coral to volunteer for clean-up after Ian last fall. It was a mess close to the water but just a bit inland there were still plenty of trees and open businesses. Up here after Michael we went...

Well...I have poly resin in the garage already and it would cost nothing. The boat has damage from Hurricane Michael that I doubt I will ever be able to fix since the extruded alum gunwale is bent badly, so she will never be a showboat. I bought the oak before the hurricane, so I did have...

I have a piece of 1" thick white oak that I bought years ago that I am planning to use to replace the transom on my '76 Meyers 14' Laker. Plan to plane it down to 3/4" and cut to the original transom dimensions. I have some polyester resin and hardener left from a recent project, and plenty of...