Glasspar del Mar transom question

[Nautilus]

I just bought a '58 del Mar that needs a new transom. I can handle the patterns, bending and shaping of the three sheets of 1/2" marine ply but how should it be attached to the existing fiberglass? 5200 will do the job of attaching it to the inside of the transom but how can it be attached to the sides without drilling into the fiberglass and screwing into the new 1-1/2" transom? It seems to me that just "gluing" it to the existing fiberglass transom is just asking for trouble. Without anything to really secure it to the sides at the rear of the boat, the fiberglass transom edges at the corners are all that will be holding it in place. I can just see my old Mercury tearing out the entire transom when I put it in reverse and goose it a little. Any thoughts? :shocked3:

[Helmar]

If you don't want to drill holes in the fiberglass to hold the wood to it, then you might try to shore up a support to work from up around the transom bulkhead.

Should be a few different ideas from folks.
I myself would be using a laminating resin. I use Fiberlay but lots of other good ones.

I also don't remember what that transom looks like so maybe show a couple of photos of it. :GoodJob: