Reply to thread

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

Message: <blockquote data-quote="BigTerp" data-source="post: 370177" data-attributes="member: 9169">I'd suggest you replace the wood in the transom, even if you are not planning on mounting a motor. Transom is one of the most, if not the most, important structural part of a boat. As far as the holes go I'd use either stainless nuts and bolts or solid rivets, both with some 5200. Preferably I'd use solid rivets properly set with a pneumatic rivet gun. Blind rivets might work for a little while, but I guarantee you they would eventually start to leak. I occasionally find a blind rivet or two that is loose or completely separated from the mandrel and needs replacing. These are all either factory rivets or ones I used to secure my deck and floor. For the solid rivets I bought a penumatic air chisel from Harbor Freight and then a rivet setting tool somewhere else online that matched the rivets I was using. IIRC all of that, with rivets, ran me around $30. A blind rivet setting tool has also proven indispensable since I've had my boat. Good luck!!</blockquote>