Chris Glennon
Member
Well, last January 2 I bought a new Brant II-X two man sculling boat from Lou Tisch. I first cast eyes on one of these boats back in 1995 or ’96 and just waited far too long to buy one. But, having waited so long to get one, I can’t bring myself to treat it carelessly. Therefore, it bothers me mightily to scratch up the transom every time I put my four horse Evinrude back on the transom. Now, Lou tells me it’s a duck boat and he’s right. Duck boats, and duck guns for that matter, suffer more bumps and scrapes than a lot of other hunting equipment due to the environment that they are used in. There’s only so much I can do to mitigate that. However, the scraping of the gel coat on the transom just seems self-inflicted and is far and away the most abuse that the boat has had to endure so far.
So, my question to this group of vast experience is this: Do any of you guys or gals use a transom pad or plate to protect the gel coat from constant scratching? If so, what do you recommend? Did you epoxy of screw/bolt the transom protection on?
I’ve found the CR (Custom Rubber), Tempo and Mueller rubber transom pads on the internet. The CR and Tempo seem to get good reviews. The Mueller pad not so much. I’m intrigued by the idea of an aluminum plate set that apparently you epoxy to both sides of the transom and I suppose then glue a rubber pad to. This idea makes sense to me because it seems that it would be easier and less stressful to scrape a worn rubber pad off of the aluminum plate than the fiberglass transom.
I welcome any and all input and appreciate you taking the time to share it.
Thank heaven for ducks,
Chris
So, my question to this group of vast experience is this: Do any of you guys or gals use a transom pad or plate to protect the gel coat from constant scratching? If so, what do you recommend? Did you epoxy of screw/bolt the transom protection on?
I’ve found the CR (Custom Rubber), Tempo and Mueller rubber transom pads on the internet. The CR and Tempo seem to get good reviews. The Mueller pad not so much. I’m intrigued by the idea of an aluminum plate set that apparently you epoxy to both sides of the transom and I suppose then glue a rubber pad to. This idea makes sense to me because it seems that it would be easier and less stressful to scrape a worn rubber pad off of the aluminum plate than the fiberglass transom.
I welcome any and all input and appreciate you taking the time to share it.
Thank heaven for ducks,
Chris