Leesville ? We're practically neighbors! Thanks for the input, greatly appreciated. I think I'll give cypress a try because the boat lives in the garage and will hit the water every so often. I can get cypress locally too.The short answer is, No.
That said, I've got a bit of experience in wood on marine vessels and 33yrs in a fine woodworking career. Over the years I've used Teak in high-end marine installs. It's a rare & exotic wood as it comes from Indo China (Burma, Laos, Thailand & India) is very toxic & natural oil full which makes it expensive. However you can find substitutes like Wenge, Cedar & Cypress for less respectively. Although Cedar is a soft wood in comparison and prolly not recommended for a transom. Color will be your only worry if you decide to geaux that rout.
Next, you can always make wood marine worthy. Hardwoods or plywoods. I'm not a fan of paint's or poly anythings but have had great success w/Fiberglass resins. The UV rays don't work on them as easy as the poly's and create a bullet proof armor that will last.
https://tinyurl.com/2jyzya9h ... do use a larger mixing cup you can get in the paint section for $1. The mixing tray that doubles for the top is useless. Just use a cheap wooden paint brush you can get 10 for a $1.
Hope this helps. Good luck w/ your project,
Sincerely ......................
Leesville, LA.
God bless.
Leesville ? We're practically neighbors! Thanks for the input, greatly appreciated. I think I'll give cypress a try because the boat lives in the garage and will hit the water every so often. I can get cypress locally too.
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Good choice. I make many, plenty projects out of Cypress. I travel to The Cypress Depot for all my Cypress ( Lumber Store, Cypress Wood: Port Barre, LA: The Cypress Depot ), about 1/2 way between us. Leesville is no Mandaville and is unfortunately wood poor as far as lumber sales. But this family owned business will cut about anything you want, small are larger orders, in Cypress and have plenty dry & cured.Leesville ? We're practically neighbors! Thanks for the input, greatly appreciated. I think I'll give cypress a try because the boat lives in the garage and will hit the water every so often. I can get cypress locally too.
Mahogany, White Oak, and marine ply are the usual suspects for replacement materials.Does anyone know the type of wood they originally used for these boats? Mine definitely needs to be replaced, and I want to do it the right way the first time. Thanks !
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Greatly appreciate the info, I'll post pix as this progresses.Mahogany, White Oak, and marine ply are the usual suspects for replacement materials.
Alumacraft also used a thin sheet of cork between the aluminum and the exterior motor pad but its not necessary.
Just avoid treated anythings.
For what it's worth, your path of least resistance is going to be removing the small braces in the aqueduct transom to access the interior piece. Simply drill the rivets and bolt back.
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