Mako Boats || 171cc Restoration Project || Replacing Transom With Coosa
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- Опубліковано 16 січ 2023
- Dylan Be Fishing
Mako Boat Rebuild Video #3
Removing Old Transom & Replaced With Coosa Board
1972 Mako 171cc, This is video #3 showing you guys start to finish how to cut out the old transom. Make a template to cut a new transom from the coosa board. fiberglassing the coosa board in.
You can see how much cleaner, stronger, and lighter the new transom is in the restored Mako Center Console boat project.
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Next video will be replacing the stringers in the boat. - Навчання та стиль
I have restored a number of boats over the years and it pains me to watch most of the videos on youtube. People frequently pass on bad advice and rarely do things the right way. This is one of the few videos that is doing it right. Keep it up. If you haven't started the stringer yet I would recommend only removing and replacing one at a time. This will allow you to use the others for reference. Start in the center a work your way out.
I appreciate that a lot! Spent a lot of time watching and reading before starting... funny you say that about the stringers because thats exactly what Im doing 👍🏼 🙏🏼
Do you still repair boats?
What I saw was the tabbing schedule was incorrect, lack of filets, and a few minor details which can be problematic.
For epoxy the tabbing schedule is basically opposite from vinyl or ester lay-ups. Filets are to soften the angle where tabbing crosses a joint.
Without filets, that sharp angle acts as a stress riser. What with all the forces at the transom, this is critical.
Otherwise, I'd say this is a decent job. Certainly head and shoulders over the factory production lay-up.
Never seem popsicle sticks used like that. Clever way to make your template! 👍
Definitely refreshing to see someone on UA-cam doing glass work CORRECTLY..
DOING A FINE JOB BROTHER 👌
Thanks! 🙏🏼
Currently restoring an 80's Boston whaler outrage V-22. This has been such a refreshing video to watch compared to the countless other videos out there that misdirect and misinform many folks doing these projects. That popsicle trick was handy and I've never used it before but certainly will in the future. Ill be looking to your work in the future to double check for tips and procedures if I am second guessing myself.
Appreciate it!!! Yea I’m trying to show viewers tricks and tips that I’ve learned on the way and to not make mistakes that I’ve made lol… that’s an awesome hull to restore!
Beefy transom, great job. Im sure that piece of coosa board wasnt cheap but that transom will hold up well.
Awesome to see a skilled young man building something with his hands. I'm in the process of restoring an old skiff myself. Initially, I thought I'd avoid glasswork but I'm a lot more confident. Keep pushing young man!
Appreciate the feedback 🤙🏼🙏🏼
Looks Great! Coosa Board is the right choice! Looking forward to the next episode.
Thanks, yea saves a lot of time also not having to laminate it like wood. Coosa stringers coming up next. Definitely the most time consuming part of the rebuild.
Great job, buddy. A lot of folks cut corners. You did not. Good job 🎉
Working in a clean methodical way on a glass fiber repair must be a first for a UA-camr unlike most botch-ups we see .Good work.
No wood in my Wellcraft v20, 1984 Hull, I did mine back in 2008 with Arjay 6011-Ceramic Pourable Compound Transom, strong as hell and no rot to deal with in my lifetime, Coosa is my go-to material for all hatches and decking, etc. Looks good excellent work.
thanks man!
Hey much thanks for the popsicle sticks tip 🙏🙏🙏 I’m using the popsicle to trace out for kitchen countertop works awesome 👍👍👍
hahaha, Niceee!! 🤙🏼
Great job big job well done
Excellent workmanship, great job on the corners.
Appreciate it 🤙🏼
Wow so much tedious work, love watching it your making great progess
You did an excellent job on the transom, very well executed. I get tired of watching people who don’t plan ahead.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Texas
aye! thanks appreciate it 🤙🏼
Great video job well done.
It’s worth it doing that transom work and everything else. New boat prices gone crazy way to expensive everything.
Great job
I got worried when you glued the board on but it looks like you did a solid job. nice vid.
lol thanks !
Killer video man. I’m starting to restore my 1974 Mako 19 now. I will be tuning in for more videos.
thanks!!! new video coming soon
This was a great video. Thanks for sharing.
Dude you did awesome on this!! Always been too sketched to do a transom myself but you just inspired me to just go for it.
Excellent video and excellent job on the transom!! Love the refurbish boat vids , can’t wait to see the first fish caught on the newly built rig👍👍
Thanks man! She'll going to be fished on a few times to water test everything and then it'll be up for sale gotta keep the motor under 15 hr
Great job! Hasnt been a lot of new fiberglass fishing boat rebuilds on youtube lately ... watched all of them i think .. lol.. now we got two, yours and Adventure Adrift Australia!!
Watching these makes me feel like im working on mine, since i got other peojects taking priority 😂
Pretty work looks solid 👍
Appreciate it 🤙🏼
Mannn❤
Thank you so much for this vidéo.
Really nice work
Love it
No problem glad it helps you
Boy when I lived there love working on boats. I was down in east by publix
nice.
Great repair..
Awesome work dude!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Great Job bro excellent 😮
I have a 1972 17ft mako myself that I am restoring. Like the videos. I’m in Davie, so I recommend FCS as well.
How far are you on your project? Is it the angler model or this model of mako?
FGCI cut the cost of material almost in half of what I was expecting to pay
nice job very rewarding
Most definitely 🤙🏼
Great job and I'm sure that transom will be around long after your here.
thanks, thats the plan! 🤙🏼
Well done bro
thanks man!
Nice work !
Thanks 👍🏼
Good job
Awesome 👏
Thanks! 🤙🏼
Nice!
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GREAT VIDEO. 11:53-11:55, yes it is.
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nice work, bro
thanks!✊🏼
bravo cool
So I did research for my transom on my scarab and all the articles I read it was recommended not to use coosa on the transom. Not sure if it was because of the weight of outboards but I read several were they advised against it. Great job on the work.
thats all they are using now
Bro, this is one of the cleanest and best jobs I've ever seen, I'm going to make the transome of a Chekmate Starflite 21', could you explain to me how many layers of cloth you use between each panel and if you have to let it dry to put two? Thanks I hope you don't mind
Nice
good job
Thanks! 🤙🏼
Great vid! I too have a 72 Mako that I am in the process of restoring. I am a first timer using UA-cam as my guide lol
Can't wait to see the next vid! I sub'd
That’s exactly how I started out as well lol self educated from UA-cam and online articles… what I found out it’s not that hard just a LOT of work and be willing to get itchy. And just come up with a solid plan. Hoping by next week the gas tank will be here and the next video will be released
It's a shame seeing all these people cutting up the outer hull , to replace or repair interior and structural parts.
Fine job you're doing
Great video! About to get started on an 1981 21' myself. Thanks for sharing your process. I'm also in SoFla so plan to source most things at FCGI. Good luck on the rest of your restoration. Looking forward to following your journey!
Awesome 👏 thanks! When you go to FGCI you should setup an account with them, save you lots of $$$. 🤙🏼
@@dylanbefishing Went yesterday to price some things out and figure out my starting budget and went ahead and setup the account! Thanks for the tip :)
Hi. Please be very carefull at the sovents and fiberglass. You can get very ill. Solvents- leukemia and fiberglass-sylicosys. What you are doing its fantastic. Thank you!
Good work! Sub’d
Thanks! Much appreciated
Amazing what boatyards can get away with. Might want to give serious thought to constructing an exterior frame at three or four stations minimum to hold the shape of the hull when you remove the structure. A trailer won't do it. You want holding power from gun'l to gun'l thwartship and perlins to hold the frames. Quick to do and saves a disaster if the hull takes a hook or twist while laying in the structure.
not a boatyard, private property. thanks for the advice🤘🏼
Hey, Dylan. Lance (below) literally took the words right out of my mouth. I particularly cringe every time I watch somebody do the long, exhausting, dirty prep work only to use polyester resin and nothing but chopped-strand mat in the actual transom replacement. Oh well.
Like Lance, I have one suggestion: You might consider laying down a triangular fillet of thickened epoxy along the all the seams between the bottom edge of the new stringers and the bottom of the hull BEFORE you start laminating. This will avoid your having to force the 1708 and mat to conform to an angle of almost 90 degrees, and it will lessen the chance of voids in the layup at that critical point.
Just a thought . . . Keep up the great work, and enjoy your Mako 17, which was, is, and always will be a terrific design. Best, Chris
Nice job! Did you mention this was your first time? Can’t wait to see the final product!🤙
Yes and thanks! 🤙🏼
@@dylanbefishing bad a** 💪
Dope vid man. Imma rebuild my 86 soon. I don't think these boats need a closed transom/bracket nonsense. They are better with a 25 inch transom however.
yea everyone said closing transoms on 20ft or smaller will make it ride off
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Thanks for the tip
Awesome video! I’m a little over my head with my boat project right now lol. I know you used epoxy with chopped strand mat but from what I read so far is it isn’t compatible with epoxy. Not trying to correct you, just trying to figure it out for my own project. Is there something I’m missing?
i thought i was too until after i started lol..... you can wet out matt / chop fiberglass with epoxy. you always want to put a layer of chop down first and then a layer of woven on top. the matt fiberglass holds the woven fiberglass been than a smooth surface. same thing with 1708 you usually always lay the matt side down... hope this helps!
Currently redoing a 1974 19b remove the rear boxes. What's your plan for routing engine controls. Just curious and want to get some ideas
Can I reuse foam to refill hull if it is not bad or wet?
i build powerboats in LHC, az and we use coosa and nylaboard for everything in our boats.....no plywood
Life Time Boats!!! 🤙🏼
Hey brother could you let me know how much 1708 and chop you ordered and the amount of coosa boards and epoxy?? I’m doing the same project. Thank you so much for the inspiration
Do you do work other then your own boat I have a 1988 pro line I want to replace the transom and replace the fuel tank ?
Great job. How much was that coosa board?
hello andrew here. is that all you did to the Transom and how is it now
What did you use too grind down the fibre glass from the stringers ? Couldn't see it it was a flap disc or twisted wire wheel
Flap disc 40grit
Muy buen trabajo!.. como se llama la hoja negra que utilizas para el espejo?.. saludos desde Veracruz Mexico!
Coosa board.
How strong is it? Can it hold a 300hp ?
Howdy, can you elaborate when you used the chop strand?
I used a layer of chop strand fiberglass so the original fiberglass on the old transom wall will grab to the sheet of 1708 woven side... 1708 has 2 sides a woven side and a chop side if I didn't lay a layer of chop strand first the woven side wouldn't grab to the original transom wall as good... hope this helps 🤙🏼
I wonder what the best way is to avoid air pockets when you press Coosa to the back glass. I feel as though there MUST be some voids if you do it like this
I agree. However, without some very specialized custom giant presses I don't think there is a way to avoid it. You do the best you can. Manufacturers use things like vacuum bagging, etc
The expense for vacuum bagging is well within the reach of most everyone. There is a particular skill set involved, but nothing tricky.
Using the silica to thicken the epoxy is a good idea. It takes advantage of the gap filling property of epoxy.
While clamping pressure is needed, the clamping force need not be high. Ten lbs is sufficient. That's less than maximum hand tight. Most important is the clamping force be even across the material, coosa board in this case.
Common error is too great a clamping pressure when using epoxy or even vinyl- or ester- resin.
Why did you decide on not enclosing the transom? Just extra cost for a bracket/jack plate?
everyone i talked to said closing transoms on anything 20ft or smaller wont ride right
*How much did this Transom Repair Cost??*
Awesome job, Whats the name of the song at the 1:00 mark?
I don’t remember I’d have to go back and check lol
So I think I got this right.. you did chop, 1708 chop side out, 1708 chop side out, coosa, chop, 1708 chop side out, 1708 chop side out? I’m about to do my transom too. I’m thinking chop, 1708 chop out, 3/4 ply, chop, 3/4 ply, 1708 tape, chop, 4 layers 1708 chop out. Do you think this is a good way to do it?
Why use ply which will eventually rot? Use Coosa or another type of foam instead?
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Mate can you send me the details of everything needed I'm doing my transom first timer wanna make sure I've got the right products
Get a full face respirator well worth the $$
For Real! this cheap amazon one is'nt cutting it🤣
Can you tell me what material the black one is?
Coosa
I can only dream about working on my boat for less than 350 a day un facility fees on top of the cost of every fee and charge and materials.
What kind of board was that?
Coosa Board
How many layers of glass did you use?
3 on the inside and 3 on the outside
@@dylanbefishing so when you order the chop strand, is it a chop strand mat? Or does the 1708 have the chop strand in it?
You live in the ranches
alot of air pockets in the glass you should be using a spreader/squeegee to remove the bubbles with epoxy not by using a fin roller.
Did you watch till the end? definitely got most out, wasn't trying to squeeze all the epoxy out of the glass trying to get every little bubble out. ill try a squeegee next time to see how it goes, thanks.👍🏼
I tell you that it is not a good job, that material is not heavy, it is true, but I prefer wood in the transom that material is very weak
Dude, don't blow out the fiberglass dust....vacuum it up instead.
Good video, but dude, what happened to your face?
You're pushing way too hard with the roller trying to get those bubbles out you did not use enough adhesive that's not going to stick properly. 🎤 💧
orribile !