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[quote=yurdle]Well this is what I did.  I sanded the transom down smooth.  Then I filled the crack w/ some marine putty/epoxy, and sanded it down smooth.  Then I took .250 aluminum plates, and sanded them until they had the slightly convex shape to match the transoms.  I took a roll of cork gasket and cut to fit, to add a little cushion between the aluminum and fiberglass.

I'll remove the plates, paint the transoms, then replace them and seal them around the bolts and edges and should be good to go.

The putty sealed up the fiberglass so it should be water tight, and the plates cover a large enough area that they should add more than enough rigidity for the rudders...at least that's my theory anyway.

The pics are terrible as I took them on my phone, but they should get the point across.

[img]http://iwillslapyou.com/Images/Boat/P18TransomFix1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://iwillslapyou.com/Images/Boat/P18TransomFix2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://iwillslapyou.com/Images/Boat/P18TransomFix3.jpg[/img]

[img]http://iwillslapyou.com/Images/Boat/P18TransomFix4.jpg[/img][/quote]

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