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Dave Weakley is the owner of
American Boat Restoration
and has been helping
Northeastern boaters keep their boats in fine trim and good repair for over 40 years.
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by Dave Weakley
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“Email me or call me with your questions! I’ll be happy to help you out”
americanboatrestoration.com /
email:
boatrepair@aol.com/
Office:
413.665.7424 /
Cell:
518.577.7799
What’s in Your
Transom?
A
customer called from Downstate NY and wanted to get
back into boating after twenty-five years. He previously owned a
23’ Sea Ray back then. Now he was looking to buy a 25’ and found
a 1989 Sea Ray on Craigslist at a good price. It needed work which
he proceeded to do. He put it in the water and found out it leaked
and needed a new transom. After doing so much work on it
already he felt he had to go ahead and have a new transom done.
He asked how much and I told him what others had run but I
needed to see the boat to do an estimate. So he drove 3 hours and
brought the boat in. We did the estimate, the work was Ok’d and
we proceeded to install the new transom. A new transom can run
If you have
mushrooms growing
on your carpet you
may have a problem!
Trash barrel full of rotted transom core.