Nice job on the transom, being a SoCal boater, I could not believe how shallow it is in the keys when I was there a few years ago, we don't have to pay as much attention to the depth.
Yes it’s crazy …. Our recent video we we’re delivering a boat just a few miles in a main travel area & we were in 2 feet of water 🥴 we used to live in San Diego & Lemoore CA. Thanks for watching!
Great videos as always!!! Just curious as May is coming up if any other thoughts or ideas on a clean inexpensive, furnished studio or 1Bd/1BTH place to stay for approximately 3-6 months? We just can’t find anything, and don’t think owner wants to move his vessel to a live-aboard Marina? We figure once we get there, we maybe able to find our own place, or talk owner into possibility of moving vessel? Thanks again for all the videos, I hope you know how much this has helped me and us just learning engineering types!!! Thanks again!
Join Key West Yard Sale & Key West Cribs on Facebook many people list places there…. Also call property management companies around town. Then find something more permanent once your here. Thanks for watching & sharing!
It looks like the transom separated from the cap. I would have liked to see inside those inspection plates and looked at where the stringers attached to the transom.
I feel your struggles.Small business are a way of life. For me in my field electrician since 1996.As I moved up had as many as 12 people working for me; I found myself critiquing all aspects of myself. Yeah it's a little late and I'm a little tired what I'm trying to get at is the people and the babysitting in the counselor all the different roles you have to play to manage human beings they don't want to take the initiative that you. It's hard to find employees that will work for you as if the company was there own. For 26 years I always wanted the companies to make money so they would stay off of my back and passed down a little bit of the treasure towards me
Can you even believe where they found that A/C units in this yacht? Wes could barely fit in the hole! Sometimes its amazing where we find these systems 🤨
sitting at a red light go n to sunset key dec morn rooster runs down sidewalk flys at my side window spurs out good thing it was cold an window was up.
From experience of owning 2 31 contenders and a 27 contender myself and riding in many other contenders those are normal stress cracks. If you looked through you would have seen cracking also Whare fuel lines go up to cap on the floor and port rear of the cap.
We see lots of stress cracks on boats! Our focus for insurance was on the transom since they hit something at high speed and damaged the engines. We met the insurance guy at the boat after it got to the boatyard.
The whole transom will need to be replaced. It’s the only way to make sure that it can handle the torque from two engines. Plus to make sure the transom Doesn’t fall off.
IF you cut into the transom the whole transom needs to be fully replaced. never ever ever a partial repair in that area. From the force and load you are asking for nothing but trouble. but the looks of things the cap to hull joint just cracked wheere they bond everything. If it were me I would take a few 1" explores into the transom to check for water. if its dry? send it its good! a transom replacement full coosa you are looking about 6k for the transom. let me know if its a loss ill pick that bad boy up and have that 27 contender looking like new lmao!
Nice job on the transom, being a SoCal boater, I could not believe how shallow it is in the keys when I was there a few years ago, we don't have to pay as much attention to the depth.
Yes it’s crazy …. Our recent video we we’re delivering a boat just a few miles in a main travel area & we were in 2 feet of water 🥴 we used to live in San Diego & Lemoore CA. Thanks for watching!
When you flexed the transom with the engines, the interior crack ipened up. That crack requyires woven roving overlay for structural reinforcement.
Thanks for sharing …. Agree!
Great meeting and seeing you two on Friday. Keep up the great information we love it
Thanks so much for watching Tim! You’ll see your video coming out in the coming weeks! You did a great job feeding those tarpon. 🐠
u got lucky ya, i watched a video of transom replacement, big job, love your vids
Thanks for watching Martin! Yes the owner got extremely luck on this transom. Yes it’s big job.
Great videos as always!!! Just curious as May is coming up if any other thoughts or ideas on a clean inexpensive, furnished studio or 1Bd/1BTH place to stay for approximately 3-6 months? We just can’t find anything, and don’t think owner wants to move his vessel to a live-aboard Marina? We figure once we get there, we maybe able to find our own place, or talk owner into possibility of moving vessel?
Thanks again for all the videos, I hope you know how much this has helped me and us just learning engineering types!!!
Thanks again!
Join Key West Yard Sale & Key West Cribs on Facebook many people list places there…. Also call property management companies around town. Then find something more permanent once your here. Thanks for watching & sharing!
It looks like the transom separated from the cap. I would have liked to see inside those inspection plates and looked at where the stringers attached to the transom.
Thanks we did look it’s not on this video maybe our next video on this boat we will include it! Thanks for mentioning!
If the transom is hollow can you get a scope in there thru some holes to check for internal ruptures , just an idea
Try a hand belt sander for concave grinding
@@Harrybolloxthanks for sharing Harry!
Tom needs some ppe beside the dust mask
Yes we have all the PPE …. Yes we tell him!
That's thankless work in the heat of key west.. I'm itchingbjust watching 😂
Keep watching you’ll be itching constantly 😂
Yes that transom is repairable
Hi Scott …. Yes it’s repairable but didn’t know if insurance would total the boat because of the damage to the engines & transom! 👍
Did you just grind out the gelcoat between the cap and transom, and the cracking at the bottom well, and re-gel coat it?
Yes we ground it out to trace any damage. We also used filler.
Ahh okay, so wasn't really any damage, just cracking in the gelcoat from the flex. Makes sense.@@WillFixThat
@@Velislide yes looked worse than it ended up being! We thought it needed a new transom in the beginning! Got lucky with minor damage.
How much would the repair be if you had to cut out the transom?
Just depends on how much damage there is and how far does it travel.
Don't lose sight
These boats that aggravate you
Give you purpose self worth and a way to make a living
I feel your struggles.Small business are a way of life.
For me in my field electrician since 1996.As I moved up had as many as 12 people working for me; I found myself critiquing all aspects of myself. Yeah it's a little late and I'm a little tired what I'm trying to get at is the people and the babysitting in the counselor all the different roles you have to play to manage human beings they don't want to take the initiative that you. It's hard to find employees that will work for you as if the company was there own.
For 26 years I always wanted the companies to make money so they would stay off of my back and passed down a little bit of the treasure towards me
@@1980mnn thanks for your insight! Running a small business is not an easy feat!
It takes determination every day!
JUST MY OPINION AS BEING A RETIRED MECHANIC IN THE COAST GUARD THAT TRANSOM CAN BE FIXED AS A PARTIAL REPAIR.👍
Thanks for sharing …. Yes that’s what we got approval for now awaiting what the decision is on the engines!
On the transom, you won't know until you get into it.
Yup and that’s exactly what we did ….we gave worse case scenario to the insurance adjuster as we all looked over the boat together!
In future videos, please so more of the actual repair.
Yes sir we normally try to but Matt and I were both sick at home and we just kept our guys working!
So I just started filming what we missed! 😁
Can you even believe where they found that A/C units in this yacht? Wes could barely fit in the hole!
Sometimes its amazing where we find these systems 🤨
sitting at a red light go n to sunset key dec morn rooster runs down sidewalk flys at my side window spurs out good thing it was cold an window was up.
Geesh you were lucky with that rooster! How’d you like Sunset Key?
Did I miss the estimate?
Actually we didn’t end up doing one for this boat
How did you got the conclusion is not a structural Damage!
Moisture testing, knock test & opened all the hatches … our findings were confirmed by the marine surveyor.
Why was the engine work sent out?
We aren't a Yamaha shop we are independent and way too busy! Made it less stressful for us! Thanks Paul.
11:55. Over due for hair coloring.
Nope this is all natural… quit coloring years ago!
From experience of owning 2 31 contenders and a 27 contender myself and riding in many other contenders those are normal stress cracks. If you looked through you would have seen cracking also Whare fuel lines go up to cap on the floor and port rear of the cap.
We see lots of stress cracks on boats! Our focus for insurance was on the transom since they hit something at high speed and damaged the engines. We met the insurance guy at the boat after it got to the boatyard.
The whole transom will need to be replaced. It’s the only way to make sure that it can handle the torque from two engines. Plus to make sure the transom Doesn’t fall off.
Thanks 👍
Key west electric is a good place. Good people
We love ❤️ Dale & Buddy we go in there often & have for years! Thanks for sharing.
Go Navy
Yes GO NAVY!!
IF you cut into the transom the whole transom needs to be fully replaced. never ever ever a partial repair in that area. From the force and load you are asking for nothing but trouble. but the looks of things the cap to hull joint just cracked wheere they bond everything. If it were me I would take a few 1" explores into the transom to check for water. if its dry? send it its good! a transom replacement full coosa you are looking about 6k for the transom. let me know if its a loss ill pick that bad boy up and have that 27 contender looking like new lmao!
Thanks for sharing they were superficial cracks that we discovered after grinding the transom! It was all dry too.
As a retired Air Frame Mechanic and avionics tech, I can't believe that rat's nest called wiring.
Yup and imagine people want us to figure out that rat ball!
Replace the Transome!
Yup that’s what we thought at first!
I wouldn’t trust that transom unless it’s cut and properly repaired
Ended up not being damaged after we cleaned up the area.
Boats….a bottomless pit to poor money.
Yes costly!
If that’s a 35 it needs bigger engines… looks more like a 27 to me.
Gotcha 👍
thats not a 35 its a27
We were told a 35 …. Thanks for sharing!!
twin 200s on a 35 contender seems WAY underpowered...
That seems to be the trend with some of these boats!
the new boats are so expensive take it all off re do it with a braket
Boats in general are pricey if maintained well.
transome is shot.Junk the boat
Actually we were able to save it …. Hope to do a follow up soon!
sorry that should have been refiberglassed. The stress cracks will come back as soon as you attach the motors.
Thanks for sharing!