Seacast

trepka2001 · Post by **trepka2001** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:12 pm

anyone have any good/bad things to say about this product used for stringer and transom replacement instead of marine grade ply?

vabeach1234 · Post by **vabeach1234** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:58 pm

Seacast is a great product for transom repair provided you have an inner and outer hull. If you don't have a cavity to pour it into you either have to make a temporary inner hull or cast the seacast in a form and then install it. I used it on an imitation whaler and it worked great. But I had to order three 5 gallon buckets because i removed too much foam. This made it very expensive. So far it's held up great and hasn't shown any signs of weakness. I would recommend it to anyone provided they know what to expect with installation. My transom should last longer than the rest of the boat.

Here's step by step pics of my transom repair. The pictures are from end to start sequence.

http://www.putfile.com/album/128054

I don't know about stringer repair but if you could cut the cap off of the stringers and leave the side fiberglass as a form, I don't see why it wouldn't work.

mtwolf · Post by **mtwolf** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:13 pm

Where can you buy Seacast? I have never heard of it before but it may be the answer for decks with a bad balsa core.
John

trepka2001 · Post by **trepka2001** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:14 pm

how about stringer replacement as well?? they market it for that application as well.

seems as though it would be easier with cutting the tops and removing rotted wood, then filling the channel with seacast????

http://transomrepair.com/zk/index.shtml

Don Lumber · Post by **Don Lumber** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:07 pm

Easier but definitely more expensive. The cubic inches per 5 gal pail is what you need to look at. It still might be worth it though.