transom?
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:39 pm
I'm slowly looking over this new DS1 that landed in my lap. On the registration they're calling it a 1964, but from what I can tell from the DS1 design changes post, it's probably a 1960 model. No HIN to be found, no indication that it was ever mounted to the aft coaming.
As I was looking there for the hin, I noticed that the transom is only fiberglass. No wood. How on earth can that possibly hold up? Is this typical? Do people retro-fit some sort of insert to make it more substantial? Do fiberglass-only transoms experience catastrophic failures? The sun was shining on it just so through the aft compartment, and I could see the silhouettes of leaves on the other side. It scared me.
Please advise...
As I was looking there for the hin, I noticed that the transom is only fiberglass. No wood. How on earth can that possibly hold up? Is this typical? Do people retro-fit some sort of insert to make it more substantial? Do fiberglass-only transoms experience catastrophic failures? The sun was shining on it just so through the aft compartment, and I could see the silhouettes of leaves on the other side. It scared me.
Please advise...