Well, after reading multiple posts on here about the problems with the 2000 and older Champs with the Baltek Core Transoms, I decided to pull the dreaded metal strip on my 2000 Anniversary Edition 191. Needless to say I was pretty nervous about what I might find after reading about all the rotted transoms and the "gap" thats been found under that metal strip. To my relief though, mine was completly encapsulated in gel coat and glass. The hardest part of this whole thing was resealing it when I put it all back together.

Here are some pictures.



Maybe there were some bad apples out there and some unfortunate folks got a hold of them. I would venture to say though that most of them look like this.