Water in Transom

[Lpolk]

Bare with me. Today went to check Batteries on the boat and discovered i had those small sugar ants attacking my crumbs from fishing Saturday. Watched to find out where they went and behold, into the corner plate that is on the transom. So I removed the piece and discovered, no seal under the bottom of the plate. Ran a skew in the top hole and it was wet. Got a turkey injector needle with a small piece of tube and started to suck water out, tube was only about 8" long and I got about a 1/2 cup of water out of the hole. The good news is that it was clear, if you want to call it that. Tomorrow I will get me a longer tube and try it again. Any ideas and suggestions will be appreciated. 2006 Elite-206 bought new.

[Marooned]

Probably should try the heat lamps on it. Get everything off the transom and then put 2 or 3 heat lamps on it for a week or two. According to the experts, if you can get it dried out then it'll be fine. The real problems occur when moisture is allowed to remain in the wood and the rot process begins. If the water is still clear, then I would think you could definitely get it dried out and be fine.

Let us know how it goes.

[Lpolk]

Here is one of the pictures

[Marooned]

Any way you can get your aluminum trim piece off, or is the motor/jackplate in the way? If you can get the trim off, then maybe you can get an idea of the extent of the water intrusion. May be a good idea to take it off anyway just to seal it good.

[Lpolk]

Tomorrow Iam going to call CS for our boats and get some more input and ya'll keep the suggestions and ideas comming.

[H2O_Fowl]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Marooned &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Probably should try the heat lamps on it. Get everything off the transom and then put 2 or 3 heat lamps on it for a week or two. According to the experts, if you can get it dried out then it'll be fine. The real problems occur when moisture is allowed to remain in the wood and the rot process begins. If the water is still clear, then I would think you could definitely get it dried out and be fine.

Let us know how it goes.</td></tr></table>

Wood in a 2006 model boat?

[DaveH]

Take the ladder screws out and see if there's any moisture in that holes on the left side, if it's down that far you might be looking at more of a issue than that upper side corner.
Sucks that the caps were left open and caulked and cover like that!
I know I had a issue on my starboard side with the plastic splashwell drains, had a lil brown juice coming out of it, took them out dried it out with a lamp, for two days, got a moisture meter, test it along with the rest of the transom and sealed it up real good.
Hope it's just surface and not though to the bottom.

[slinkeey]

Take it to the dealer that installed your motor and anything else on your transom, and tear them a new you know what.

I have been told on here that the only way water can get in there is someone didn't mount something correctly when rigging the boat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Modified by slinkeey at 1:59 PM 4/25/2011

[FEARTHETURTLE210]

The harsh reality is that boat builders are like home builders. They dont go the extra mile to seal/caulk every area. (Saves money). They leave it up to the buyer to do the little extras. My Ranger leaked everywhere and all they had to do was add silicone. The very first thing i did to my Champion was silicone every possible area water could get in the boat, especially the transom areas. I hope you can dry it out and there is no damage. Lets us know what you find out from factory and any ideas on keeping our boats protected..

[Marooned]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by H2O_Fowl &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">

Wood in a 2006 model boat? </td></tr></table>

Good catch H2O Fowl, you're right.....might not be wood. Too used to discussing the older models.

[slinkeey]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by FEARTHETURTLE210 &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">The harsh reality is that boat builders are like home builders.</td></tr></table>

Funny you bring this up because I walking caulk this weekend. My grandpa, a retired carpenter, believes the opposite is true. He thinks that the builders today are obsessed with caulk because of the fact that they are too lazy to fit anything.
He always points out in newer buildings where something didn't fit tight, and the builder caulked it instead of cutting the board the right length or angle.

[sarmst100]

I don't think you have anything to worry about here. If it was older than a 2003 I would be concerned. A 2006 should be composite.

[H2O_Fowl]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by sarmst100 &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">I don't think you have anything to worry about here. If it was older than a 2003 I would be concerned. A 2006 should be composite. </td></tr></table>

Actually 2000 and newer would be composite. Not sure what Champ uses for their transoms but it won't be wood on a 2000 or newer.

[Royjulius]

Hope everything turns out ok for you Larry.

[slinkeey]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by H2O_Fowl &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">

Actually 2000 and newer would be composite. Not sure what Champ uses for their transoms but it won't be wood on a 2000 or newer. </td></tr></table>

2000 has Wood.
I think you meant 2001 and newer?

[Champster]

Composite can suffer equally as bad if not worse than wood when it gets wet internally, it just depends on how much, for how long, and to what extent is wet. You may try the multimeter resistance test between the transom tiedowns to see if you have continuity. If you do then it is wet across the transom but you won't know how deep unless you drill some holes. Heat lamps will dry it to a point but you have to remove eveything from the transom a have a way for the mositure to escape.

[Royjulius]

I think even some 01's were wood, then the acquisition and retooling by Genmar, then the 02's began with all composite.

[Mark Wendler]

My 2001 has a "Baltek Composite" Badge on the Transom.

[slinkeey]

Modified by slinkeey at 1:58 PM 4/25/2011

[F150owner]

I had a 2009 Stratos 200XL like that (made January 2009). I went to drill a hole in the transom to mount the side imaging puck and a stream of water shot out. I have no idea how that much water got in behind the gelcoat and the fiberglass. I'm sure there was more down in the hull. It could be a leak from the rub rail seal, jackplate holes, leaking under the stainless plate at the jackplate or from the holes drilled for the plug or aerator intakes.

Pull a screw or two from your ladder and see if water runs out.