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Sectorsteve > 9 months ago, 7 Jan 2017

Sectorsteve

QLD

2195 posts

8 Jan 2017 3:08pm

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BlueMoon said...
Rather than making the repair....another option could be to "re-instate" the OB well.
That really is one of the real beauties of a MKI over MKII's & III's imo, is you can have the outboard sitting in the well & tilt it up to get it out of the water. Without having the hassles of it hanging all the way out the back on a bracket off the transom.
Maybe when MB is onboard with you having a look, he can shoe-horn you into one of the lazzarettes to have a look along the inside of the transom.
If the transom infill panel has been retro glassed in, it may be an option to remove it???
If it has been glassed in from day 1 it may be a little more involved, but worth some thought I reckon.
cheers

Blessing in disguise. Id ctually like to do this. Id also like a sliding bracket so i can get that OB lower

GKandCC

NSW

218 posts

8 Jan 2017 6:08pm

Guys, I've been following this thread (out of pure interest rather than having anything specific/knowledgeable to add) and need some clarification…would the 'original' OB well have been offset to starboard (see UncleBobs 2nd photo 13hrs ago) and be inset into the 'rear-most' transom, with the OB screwed to the 'inner' transom…which is where the later infill is starting to give way? Is there still the remains of the original well if you look internally?

nswsailor

NSW

1458 posts

9 Jan 2017 12:48pm

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GKandCC said..
Guys, I've been following this thread (out of pure interest rather than having anything specific/knowledgeable to add) and need some clarification…would the 'original' OB well have been offset to starboard (see UncleBobs 2nd photo 13hrs ago) and be inset into the 'rear-most' transom, with the OB screwed to the 'inner' transom…which is where the later infill is starting to give way? Is there still the remains of the original well if you look internally?

Baker built Mark 1's never had an outboard well, they were designed to have the removable section where an out board motor can be mounted.

But just to confuse matters.... the six Mark 1's built by Formit did not have the removable section, all were fitted with inboards.

On the positive side I spoke to Steve the other night and he is OK with the fact about the removable section and that there is no structural damage as first thought.

Yara

NSW

1314 posts

9 Jan 2017 2:03pm

Here is the Mk1 transom as I know it.

Sectorsteve

QLD

2195 posts

9 Jan 2017 1:05pm

I think i want my transom like this. Motor close to stern and lower. Sounds like it can be done

billybones

11 posts

9 Jan 2017 11:07am

So does that solve the question about Steve's boat being a Baker built Mk1?

Sorry first time poster, long time lurker

Yara

NSW

1314 posts

9 Jan 2017 2:43pm

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Sectorsteve said..
I think i want my transom like this. Motor close to stern and lower. Sounds like it can be done

And it will be a lot less stress on the transom. You could even use the motor as a step!

Sectorsteve

QLD

2195 posts

9 Jan 2017 2:57pm

My motor is mounted right in that incision. Amazing it didn't fall off when my fat frame climbed up it recently

MorningBird

NSW

2703 posts

11 Jan 2017 4:45pm

Steve, I'm looking at going down to MB tomorrow. Do you still want to get together to look at your boat?

Sectorsteve

QLD

2195 posts

11 Jan 2017 4:17pm

Oh thanks John. I'm in southern highlands this week. in am gonna be kinda sailing past Drummoyne Friday but no worries if you can't look at her then. I'm not that worried about it now that it's potentially nothing Structural..

MorningBird

NSW

2703 posts

11 Jan 2017 5:45pm

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Sectorsteve said..
Oh thanks John. I'm in southern highlands this week. in am gonna be kinda sailing past Drummoyne Friday but no worries if you can't look at her then. I'm not that worried about it now that it's potentially nothing Structural..

Friday is a bit difficult, next week maybe.

FoolishBehaviour

NSW

51 posts

3 Feb 2017 7:18am

While spending a week on Brisbane Waters I took photo of Mark 1 stern.

Trek

NSW

1194 posts

3 Feb 2017 8:16am

Gidday Steve, Another suggestion ..... I guess the more the better then you can choose what you think is best.

I would get a Multi-tool, you know those buzzing kind of hand tools that can sand and cut. Then over the crack cut it back and back and back until you can see how far in the crack goes.

If you find you go deeper and deeper and the crack goes all the way through you havent lost anything because you have found how bad it is and can implement a fix. Maybe temporarily a 5mm aluminum plate secured across the transom with lots of thru bolts and flat washers. Then it wont get worse.

If you find its superficial you can re-epoxy it with some matting.

Sectorsteve

QLD

2195 posts

3 Feb 2017 12:06pm

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Trek said..

Gidday Steve, Another suggestion ..... I guess the more the better then you can choose what you think is best.

I would get a Multi-tool, you know those buzzing kind of hand tools that can sand and cut. Then over the crack cut it back and back and back until you can see how far in the crack goes.

If you find you go deeper and deeper and the crack goes all the way through you havent lost anything because you have found how bad it is and can implement a fix. Maybe temporarily a 5mm aluminum plate secured across the transom with lots of thru bolts and flat washers. Then it wont get worse.

If you find its superficial you can re-epoxy it with some matting.

The crack will be right through because its a fill piece. If you read through this thread youll see what i mean. Its nothing to worry about and meant to be like this. Im just glassing over it. Its not structural.

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