Sorry to hear that - I know that's disappointing.Now have it confirmed, transom is wet
Will patch it up for this summer and try to get someone to replace during winter.
Is there anyone who can give me an example of a similar job? Trying to understand how its done.
Do you replace it from the inside? Outside? Or cut the whole transom?
I've done this a couple times over the years and the repair can be done from the inside or the outside. The outside will typically be easier and less expensive, but require a little more attention to "final detail" to make it look nice, although it's not really that much more work. The extra detail is needed where the initial cut was (to remove the outer skin) to blend it back in to the surrounding glass/gel and make the color match. If you're not overly worried about the gelcolor matching, then it gets even easier. If the boat is bottom painted, you don't need to worry about the part below the waterline, obviously.
Really, though, either way is acceptable. There's a lot of variables at play - even things like how much of the core is compromised. Now, there's ALWAYS more compromised than one might think, but that's still a variable. In the end, since you are hiring someone to do it, the decision as to whether to do it from the inside or outside is more dependent on the person/company doing the job.
The general process, though, is to "skin" the transom (inner or outer), R&R the core, then reattach the skin. The new core can be marine plywood, Coosa board (or similar) or even a "pourable" core. I have never done a pourable transom, but it looks interesting.
If you want to google for this, you don't need to find information regarding a Sea Ray 290DA - generally, a transom replacement is a transom replacement is a transom replacement.
Talk to a couple places, ideally in person, and get a few estimates. But don't necessarily base your decision on cost alone - there can be a WIDE variance on how "well" the job gets done!
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