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I have doubled the front and rear transoms of my GF-16. Should I glue the front and rear edges of the bottom to the transoms as I am stitching and before I turn over to begin filleting to be sure that I get a good bond under both transoms?
Thanks for all the advice I will get on this.

Check the Building Method http://boatplans-online.com/proddetail.php?prod=GF14. It explains when to check for symetry. I don't have plans for the GF16, but I'm sure the building notes have the info in there somewhere in more detail.
Good luck.

Thanks Patrick. I doubled both of the transoms, which means that I have an inch of ply in the area that the plans call for 1/2 inch. This could leave an airspace under either one of them when I do the fillets on the inside. I am afraid this would cause an area of weakness or an area that could have "wiggle space" under the front edge of the front transom and the rear edge of the rear transom and cause them to have a failure of the joint. I may be worrying about nothing, but would prefer to be overly safe!
The hull has already been checked for symmetry and it was under 3/16th of an inch from true square.

Fill the cracks with some wood and fillet material. Don't leave a void.

Thats what I thought Chris. Thanks for the insight.

Hi Robbie,

where I had a large gap I filled with wood fillets to cut down on epoxy use, however once you have your duct tape in place you can force the peanut butter into spaces very well, just leave a small gap for trapped air to escape. Also once you remove your duct tape it is easy to inspect where you did get a dry spot and fix that there and then by adding more pb.

YD

Thanks YD, I had not thought of that, but it does make sense. I know that you doubled your transoms and I am glad to get feedback from someone who has tried and launched a very nice ride.

Thanks Again and enjoy that boat!!