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Is a transom repairable or should it be replaced. Below are photos of the transom and the rotted area. The rot is confined to the area you see in the photo through to the side cleat on the inside of the boat. This all may have been caused by the spray rail that was missing at the time I bought the b...

Andreas There is rot in the bottom corner of the transom it goes through the inside side cleat. My plan is to replace the transom and the cleat(s). Would I go back with a mahogany plywood or build it out of solid wood? I have not looked into finding the solid wood to do it, or how it is constructed....

Thanks Phill. I will check it out. BTW, under the General section of the forum there is a topic called Transom. In it you guys talk about Thompson not using plywood for the transom. Mine has a plywood transom. http://www.flickr.com/photos/62318403@N08/5861767268/ [http://www.flickr.com/photos/623184...

If you look at the "Sportboat" listed in the 55 brochure it describes the boat as light blue below the rails, white above with the Spray Rails being finished in an attractive shade of red.

Sounds very similar to how this boat was painted.

After stripping the cedar strip runabout I have, the original hull color looks to be a light blue. I was wondering if the Thompson Blue noted in the CD is a light blue? Or if someone is familiar with a light blue Thompson used, is there a match out there. This is late 40s early 50s.

Thanks

Steve

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I could do one piece but I already have the strips on hand to steam and lay up.

Steve

Phil Here is the link to the rubbings I did of the Hull numbers. There seems to be something between the J and the 4. It has a round look to it. I just don't know. You can just make out the F at the very right. Steve http://www.flickr.com/photos/62318403@N08/5839536058/ [http://www.flickr.com/photos...

Andreas

Thanks for the reply. I am going to look into Resorcinol.
Great photo!

Thanks again

Steve

I am laminating a new stem for my cedar strip runabout. I have read that you should use odd number laminates so you don't have a glue joint in the center. The old outside stem was 7/8" thick so I was going to do a 1/4 + 3/8+1/4 layup after steam bending the strips. I had the 3/8 on hand making ...

Phil Thanks you for the reply. I think I will go ahead and use the Cypress. There are letters and numbers stamped into the transom. At first I thought it was just J499 but after stripping it down there is an F after the 9. It looks like J 499 F There may have been some additional numbers or letters ...

I am restoring a 12' cedar strip runabout. All indications are it is a 1949 Thompson 12-50 Sport Runabout. When I purchased it, it was missing a splash rail but it came with a very nice replacement the owner had milled but never installed. However it was milled out Cypress and not White Oak. I plan ...