Restoring a Race Boat for CHEAP! How To Remove Transom Sleekcraft SST Sunday #5

[@pgnandt]

What a great choice to blow out that transom. There was nothing there. She's worth the work. What a beauty. Looks like a huge job removing all that wood.

[@psi23k]

Coosa composites say that total plastics int are a retailer for coosa board. In the mid West. Worth a try

[@ADDvanced]

That's who I wound up using, but they were sold out until last week.

[@SPLavey7751]

Sleekcraft Sunday, awesome! A lot of work but it’s great to see this boat restored.

[@ADDvanced]

Thanks! Glad you're diggin it

[@clinthillis8996]

Your videos are super helpful love the splash well removal technique as I have to do the transom in my boat as well this winter really don't want to seperate the top from the hull sense idea keep up good videos

[@ADDvanced]

Glad to help!

[@WavetoWaveBoats]

Great boat, good luck. Good choice going with Coosa.

[@ADDvanced]

Thanks, it's proving quite obnoxious to get my hands on some.

[@artlife6210]

jeebus what a mess! lol I could see some folks slapping a 300 hp Merc on there and having the whole thing just fall off into the lake , great video showing the reality of this type of project!

[@ADDvanced]

Exactly, lol.

[@TheVettekid]

Look into balsa in Canada it has stayed the same price while all other wood costs have skyrocketed it’s light and strong and really easy to work with I just used it for replacing the floors on my flat bottom drag boat

[@stephenm4528]

love watching all your stuff here in Scotland !!

[@ADDvanced]

Beautiful place! Would love to get on the lochs there some day!

[@Richard-ls9gv]

Great video, I'm in the middle of restoring an aristocrat tunnel mod myself. I had to replace the transom as well. I chose to cut out the splash well too for ease of access. Good luck with your project!

[@ADDvanced]

Shoot some video and upload it! Would love to check out what you're doing since I don't have anything glassed in yet

[@Gjerkod]

Balsa wood is what we glass over in the PNW

[@bertrandliang9490]

OMG. What a project. I’m so impressed on your tenacity. Thanks for bringing us along on this journey!

[@ADDvanced]

Don't stop, don't think, keep moving! :D

[@kencraig6526]

I was in same predicament with my horizon jet boat, can't get marine ply in so cal and coosa board shipping was stupid money. So I fixed my delaminating floor with hardwood ply knowing I'll have to do it again.

[@ADDvanced]

If you seal it well enough it will last a really, really long time. Just don't leave your boat outside.

[@edwardquezada3091]

That's a beautiful project I'm following your videos really good. by the way I have a sleek craft to. Learning from you for future project

[@ADDvanced]

Takes more time than money! Not'sabad once you figgur it out

[@noahzempel]

Lol weather has been awesome hasn't it. I'm over in sw minnesota

[@JasonLee-pf5tj]

The part where you say”Oh my god, there are even more Ants down here...” are those stringers that are glassed in along the tunnel edges? If so, those are obviously toast also. And if they are, replacing those with some proper knees forming up into the transom will go along way. Hoping you can find some coosa and can’t wait to see how it comes together.

[@ADDvanced]

Nope, those are cutouts in the tunnels, making the pad really really narrow.

[@watahyahknow]

maibe just take a look at some of the insulation foam that is available nearby , and see if there resistant to acethone , they make surfboards out of that stuff (think its the bleu foamboard) but they might use a secial type of resin that doesnt dissolve the stuff ) if youre going to use that stuff for the transom you probably need to add layers of carbon and embed blocks of hardwood on the parts that get clamped (like the outboard mounting clamps ) it will make it eazier to push the foam ontoo and over the ragged edges of the old fiberglass can probably fill some with resin and push the stuff in there untill it oozes out for the perfect fit without airgaps for the center spine it would probably be a good idea to make a sandwich foam spine with multiple carbon fiber strips along the total length set intoo the spine vertically to make it resistant to bending and flexing if you use foamboard for the transom insert some hardwood blocks in there on the points that get clamped on (where the outboard mounts on the transom both the clamps and the bolts ) the hardwood is way more resistant to rotting out i think the crossbeam thats mounted across the transom on the inside can be made with the same carbon fiber sandwich idea and can be made twice as wide (sticking intoo the boat) for added rigidity maibe bond that piece to the outside fiberglass from the back and then put the under and topside foam in and fiberglass over that again will make glassing in the underside part a bit tricky (seeing wat youre doing under there working upside down )

[@ADDvanced]

That is not dense enough/strong enough for a transom. Too weak.

[@Bigslow35]

Coosa board man. Indianapolis has it.

[@steveadams4009]

Boatworks Today ordered some from someplace. I'm sure he would tell you where he got his.

[@mikeweaver6793]

Use coosa board! Polycarbonate with fiberglass, super strong and will not rot.

[@natemarto8135]

Check with Midland Plastics they have a lot of different options they have a new location in Green Bay not sure if this will help.

[@ADDvanced]

Tried, they said nope. Lol.

[@anygasmotorswilldo]

Just wondering what part of Wisconsin your in? If close to me I'd keep eye open for one of your boats and cold drink ready.

[@forgotten320]

If you have coosa cut smaller than 4x8 sheet I heard it's more reasonable to ship.

[@williamcantalamessa5231]

Are you going to check the stringers ? Think you should being transom so eaten away by ants and moisture. Will make for more footage lol Then you can drop a big block in it !

[@ADDvanced]

Did you watch the previous videos?

[@mikeortmanns3062]

Where at in Wisconsin? I'm from Crivitz I enjoy the video I restore and run old boats aswell

[@ADDvanced]

Near Milwaukee, sorta. I go up to crivitz for snowmobiling; check out some of my sled videos, have a pretty cool one from the jump in at Pickerel Lake!

[@sebastiend.5335]

Thy shallt count to three and three shall be thy count. Thy shallt only count to two, less is it followed by three. Thy shallt not count to four and five is right out. Hand over the Holy Hand Grenade. One.... Two.... Five! ;)

[@someguy332]

Just out of curiosity why not use carbon fiber? I’ve heard it’s come down in price quite a bit over the last few years and from what I understand you can get it in sheets.

[@ADDvanced]

For what?

[@pr-jj6nc]

I definitely wouldn't put another wood transom in there after seeing those ants lol

[@rude235]

Enjoy the vids!

[@martyfield694]

Where's the can of Ant spray when you need it.

[@downhillchris2809]

Should name this boat "Leave it!" after Archer's answering machine pranks.

[@peterking4222]

Can you not put thick metal in the transom??

[@ADDvanced]

Heavy and doesn’t bond w resin.

[@peterking4222]

@@ADDvanced see I wouldn’t be to worried about speed and getting up on water too much, but I guess it wouldn’t help with boat flip if your going for speed with weight on top.

[@peterking4222]

@@ADDvanced I’m planning on buying a project so your videos are great for a newb like me

[@rodneyandpaigeglass7612]

You should name this boat "Antiboat" like antidote

[@sethtighe1]

I put a couple flightless chickens in my boat overnight after pulling apart my transom They ate all the ants and eggs. They were happy, i was happy.

[@ADDvanced]

That's awesome, man!

[@TheReelUnwind]

Polyoxymethylene transom…. Could get a sheet of it and cut it to dimension and will never rot.

[@mrmotocross6819]

My buddy builds transoms like that he allways says this will never rott

[@Scotty82ND]

Take a look at a product called Seacast

[@randymagnum6680]

First of all, it's "Dr" I can solve your ant problem! I hope you kept them from migrating into your garage with those eggs lol.

[@ADDvanced]

I put two ant bait traps between the boat and the garage so hopefully no further problems, lol.

[@koensadventures6159]

imagine if someone had hung an outboord on that rotten thing ding

[@BradfordDuncan]

Please name the boat "Flaky Buns".

[@ADDvanced]

lol no

[@steveadams4009]

Composite

[@bipedalhominid6815]

Fuck it just cut the back of the boat off and glass in a new transom from the outside lol

[@ADDvanced]

Pitter patter!

[@robertpirtle3638]

Silicone to sell it

[@ADDvanced]

So hack, lol

[@johnjax3111]

What is this a boat for ants!?! How are they supposed to learn to boat if they can’t fit inside the transom?!?

[@ADDvanced]

water is the essence of wetness

[@jackjack1212]

“Sleekcraft you build beautiful boats but you kinda did a shit job on some of them” I don’t think being submerged in water was part of the design process lol

[@ADDvanced]

Yeah but exposed stringer? Exposed transom? Cmon now. It wasn't even coated in resin. :\

[@aaronwism]

you look just like lars urich

[@ADDvanced]

Napster BAAAADDDD