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Message: <blockquote data-quote="farmer4life" data-source="post: 512816" data-attributes="member: 34062"><p>Nice boat! I have a 1968 of the same make and model that I redid last year, including a transom. Your transom compression solution is a good idea but I don't know if it will be as effective as clamps.  You do have a lot of weight on there, but with clamps you can apply much more pressure. Those battery boxes might be 60-80 lbs over their face area but a clamp can apply 100's of lbs per square inch. Of course most clamp surface areas are about 1 sq. inch anyway so that force will spread out through the wood. Maybe it amounts to the same thing in the end. I still prefer the clamps. I have a growing collection and it still never seems like enough <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>