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nice looking boat at a good price. Why so reasonable???

Well pulled the motor today and seems the news is no good. The fiberglass is delaminated all along the top of the transom. Probably is the same throughout the whole thing. Wood is very solid no rot that I can see with my limited view. The transom is straight no bowing. It looks very strong. Wood...

If you look at the pictures the wood seems to be treated with something. It also looks like its dipped in some kind of fiberglass coating. I have the holes I put in the transom that I need to have fixed. I'll be pulling the motor off to check further this weekend. Thanks for the input!

will pull engine this week to look further...No matter what I need to bring it in to have the holes I put in repaired. The wood on the bottom of the transom look good(not wet at all) but up at top there was obvious water intrusion. I banged a screwdriver into the wet wood and it was solid...

Thanks for the reply Greatty. Seems like that area got some water intrusion over the years. Dont know what to do at this point. I'm going to pull the motor and do some more checking. Looks like I will need to get it to a pro for some estimates and then make up my mind. The outboard runs and...

last one right below the port side crack you can see the crack in the right hand corner...the wood is darker(maybe wet) here but solid you casn see the gouges where i put a flathead screwdriver and hammered it

next is on the port side same general areath

update on the transom...I will be taking my young kids out on this boat so I really need to be sure the transom is sound, With that in mind I decided to take a look at the wood underneath, I used a holesaw and made three holes. Two were in areas where I heard a hollow sound when tapping. The...

Thanks Greatty I'm hoping to get lucky here. I thought the improved wood in the 99 year would help but I guess it might not have been enough. I'm gonna take the motor off to get a better view. Will post updates. I really like this boat and I'm rather attached to it. First and last expensive...

Thanks Seasick for all your help. I did take the cap off both sides. I found solid wood but with a crack in the wood right under the crack in the cap. I will post pics. After reading your comments I decided to try another tap test. The spot I highlighted in the pic above wasn't as significant...

Hi, First time posting here. I have a 1999 208 adventure that unfortunately has been sitting for many years on a trailer in front of my house. I live in new jersey and I think the weather might have done some damage to the transom, There are two cracks and I'm not sure if its just the gelcoat...