After I prepared the area I made some patterns and cut and dry fitted my new pieces. The new pieces were made out of 1" marine grade fir plywood. The original was only 1/2". This part of the transom had a slight curve and the 1" plywood was very ridgid. So to get the wood to bend to the shape of the curved transom I made cuts with my skilsaw on the back of the wood pieces 5/8" deep every 3 inches. So when I bonded the wood to the boat this allowed the wood to draw up tight to the fiberglass skin with no voids. I clamped the wood using screws and fender washers srewed in from the outside. I used epoxy mixed with 404 to bond the wood and also I used a plastic spreader to fill the slots I cut with the saw.
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