Transom input wanted for Tournament

[yellolab]

Hello-

I bought my first Grady White(I've wanted one foreever), and just brought it home. It's a 1984 Tournament 19 footer. It's been repowered with a 150 Honda 4 stroke. The Honda motor is for a 25" transom, and of course the boat has a 20" transom, so the previous owner used a jack plate on it. The transom is soft, so he used an aluminum backing plate to help with the rigidity. I am re-doing the transom(this was fully discosed issue when I bought it) right away, as the lake here in Vermont is still frozen over anyway.

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I have several options I am considering:

1) Redo transom as is, put jack plates back as well as aluminum backing plate.
2) Rebuild transom with 25" transom, meaning I won't be using the jack plates. Will this kill resale value is I ever sell boat?
3) Build up complete transom to the top, mount motor to back using jacking plates.
4) Do the jack plates offer any real world advantages/drawbacks I need to consider ?

Thanks very much in advance. BTW I own a GW !!!! :dance :dance :dance :lol:

Kevin

 

[gw204]

Build your new transom up to 25". It won't have any negative impact on resale.

You could rebuild to full height and add a set-back bracket. I THINK the boat will handle the weight giving that it was at one time offered with an OMC Sea Drive, but with a 25" shaft, that might put the motor too high for your liking. You would probably also want to reconfigure the aft portion of the cap to make use of cockpit space gained by ditching the motor well...more time and $$$.

You wouldn't be able to use a simple jackplate as I you they don't provide enough clearance to for full tilt of the motor.

 

[yellolab]

Great point GW240 on the fact that the jack plate won't work on a full transom.

So it's either rebuild it as it, or make it a 25" transom.

Other opinions???

Kevin

 

[1985 Tournament 190 ESMD]

Can you keep updates on what you come up with, pictures of the transom rebuild, etc? I'm going to have to do mine shortly and would like to take advantage your rebuild.

 

[Grog]

Option 2 seems to be the way to go, I don't see it having a negative effect on resale.

 

[yellolab]

Can you keep updates on what you come up with, pictures of the transom rebuild, etc? I'm going to have to do mine shortly and would like to take advantage your rebuild.

Will do, but I'm pretty much doing this:

http://forums.bateau2.com/viewtopic.php ... 20b85dae1d

Also boatbuilder.com, there is a good "how to" I think came from a guy here.

Kevin

 

[cgmiller]

That guy did a beautiful job on the Seafarer transom. But with a single engine, I have to wonder why he left it so open. Water coming over the back of boats like these can be an issue. Anyway, throw away that hokey aluminum bracket that the former owner had on there. I would think the extra torque from lifting that big engine higher and the way that it was bolted on was trying to rip out the top half of the transom. Build it up higher so that youe engine fits properly. Nothing wrong with a higher transome...all the new boat are 25's of 30's. If you are going to do it yourself, look into the coosa or penske board materials. The guy rebuilding mine told me that they are comparable in price to marine grade plywood but they will never rot......and most of the new boats have moved away from wood construction due to problems such as we are experiencing.