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Yep the transom was notched by some one before me to fit a 20 inch out board
I'm having it restored to full height roughly 23.5 inches. The media blast is two remove the two paint jobs that have been applied over the original gel.
I'm guessing the same fleet shop that did the transom hack did the paint jobs because they are of the fifty foot variety. Good from a far but far from good.
The plan is to respray the gel once I get the boat back and get it flipped over.
And when it's alfinished up put some epoxy barrier coat on the boat along with a heavy copper content bottom paint
I am a little perplexed by this notching issue. Judging by the year of your boat you have a smirked hull introduced in 1979 (year of my 22' Revenge). I have an extremely low transom. It was a Whaler feature that made the boat "self bailing". The top of my transom is about 5" above the deck (not exact without measuring but you get the idea) yet I still had a 1981 2"thirsty"5 hp. Johnson with a 25" shaft. Some of the low transoms in that hull were by design. Actually a pretty slick feature I would have to use on occasion. To the chagrin of passengers. Also, I would be a little concerned about sand blasting. I know the Guardian is a heavier built hull than mine but when doing drain tubes.....my shell about 1/8" thick give or take.
Garris
Ok so update I went to the glass shop and the transom repair is just about done they did a very sturdy job. The shop said I would get the boat back in a few days
As they where still powder coating some of the hardware on the transome
