Veneering a Transom

Bill Bauer

I've been restoring an MFG 15®. The transom was made up of one very thin fiberglass hull transom sandwiched between two ¾" mahogany layers and bolted together. I chose to reinforce the fiberglass transom with 12 oz. fiberglass. I also laminated the backside of each mahogany layer piece with 6 oz. fiberglass, and the front (exposed) side with 4 oz. fiberglass. After doing all this work, I decided the original transom wood was too marred so I added a layer of mahogany veneer. Since I don’t have a veneer-clamping table, I simply used another transom as the clamping table. The original transom, glassed with 4 oz. and three coats of WEST SYSTEM 105 Resin®/207 Special Clear Hardener®. The 105/207 coating was sanded with 40-grit in preparation of applying the veneer.…

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Sailing World (Digital) - 1 Issue, Winter 2023

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