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Reinforcing stern of a passagemaker
A few weeks back Ihe mistake of trying to winch my PM onto the trailer, with both the weight of the outboard and the two bags of sand I usually carry for ballast at the stern. I heard a crack and lessened the load. Later I see the source of the crack was on the stern seat around the brace attached to the transom.. whats the best way to reinforce this area.?
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RE: Reinforcing stern of a passagemaker
I had some serious questions about my fat butt sitting down too hard on the stern thwart, so I fabbed a support strut, similar to what's under the mast base where the thwart meets the transom. I also added an additional knee above deck, spaced wide enough for an electric trolling motor to clamp to the doubled transom. This was all great info from a long defunct Passagemaker build forum from one of the early builders.
RE: Reinforcing stern of a passagemaker
» Submitted by Laszlo - Thu, 8/25/22 » 8:42 AM
Can you post a picture?