Aluminium strip above transom

[Chesty]

Hi all, new member calling out here. Have bought a renovators delight in a savage escort 5.2m runabout. Just about to strip the boat down and take it for a soda blast to strip paint.
Does anyony know what the aluminium strip that runs along and screwed to the top of the transom is called? and where to source new one?

[BladeRunner]

You might call it a keil If it's what you say as transome more info needed

BladeRunner

[Kero]

Hey Chesty,
My boat is currently having it's transom re-built and the boat builder is fitting a new alloy strip to it. You could try any of the boat builders around the place.

[Straitened Out]

When I had the transom re-done on my Haines, I did away with the strip because I reckon it's a sure way to let moisture in. It looks better without it IMO.

[Marlin_Mike]

take the old strip to an aluminium extrusion outlet. southside try river city aluminium smith st capalaba.

or a boat yard may have something similar


Mike

[mowerman]

take the old strip to an aluminium extrusion outlet. southside try river city aluminium smith st capalaba.

or a boat yard may have something similar


Mike

I tried to get some stuff from River city just after new year.

" No sales to public".

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Rod.

[shubeej]

http://www.ullrich.com.au/pdfs/extrusion/5-1-2-3-4.pdf
check this out may have a profile suitable
cheers shubeej

[Idletime]

I'm with Straitened Out, leave it off..

[Ringoscar]

Chesty
It's aluminium stair nosing, either 60mm or 50mm, available from builder's suppliers, some carpet companies and larger hardware shops.
Remove the old strip, then stand back aghast that the builder didn't bother to cover or treat the raw ply after the transom was cut to engine height! Very few did in those days, even the big-name companies (do they now??), although the old 16' Escort was built very well and you could be lucky. Failure to seal that cut-out was one of the main causes of transom rot and has given ply transoms a bad rep. Often they just screwed down that nosing strip into a bit of bog and the water just went down the screw holes and started the rot.
Presuming the transom is sound, bog up those old screw holes and seal the transom top with a couple of layups of chop or cloth and epoxy (preferable as it soaks into the timber) or polyester resin, then fill, fair and finish and if you'd like to retain a tread strip then just glue it down with Sikkaflex or window-grade silicone. Better than new.