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Old 21 January 2007, 21:59   #1
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extreme transom reinforcement Tornado 6.3

He Guys,

Wanted to share a little project with you
This weekend (en next : ) and..) we worked on reinforcement of the transom of my Tornado 6.3m.
With big help of Danny (who's building ribs professionally) we made the
transom 200hp e-tec proof.
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Old 21 January 2007, 22:04   #2
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part 2 :
laminating the foamcore knees.. which are about 4 times as big
as the tornado ones.. AND very important: on the right position.
As you can see, the knees are lamination on the hull instead of the deck
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Old 21 January 2007, 22:10   #3
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As you can see a box was made, connecting the old en knees, and putting
it all together on the deck. Filters, wiring etc. go neatly underneat it.
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Old 21 January 2007, 22:49   #4
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What I like is that if you get a big wave onboard it should just shoot out over the transom - as long as that square hole is blocked off!!!
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Old 21 January 2007, 22:56   #5
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Mervyn,

It's looking 200Hp Proof, but did you make it Mervyn Proof

Danny did a great job, do you need to come back next weekend?
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Old 21 January 2007, 23:19   #6
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What I like is that if you get a big wave onboard it should just shoot out over the transom - as long as that square hole is blocked off!!!
It would have to, as the trunks are now inside the new locker
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Old 22 January 2007, 00:18   #7
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That "square hole" is an access hatch, no?

Nice job.

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Old 22 January 2007, 11:13   #8
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It would have to, as the trunks are now inside the new locker
Oops.. forgot that..
No.. : )

The trunks are relocated to the left and rightside of the old knees.
Stainless steel right away through the transom..

The hole will stay and act as a garbage can.. :P )
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Old 22 January 2007, 11:15   #9
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That "square hole" is an access hatch, no?

Nice job.

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yep, that is a hatch, access to filters etc. and ofcourse the bolts to attach engine
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What I like is that if you get a big wave onboard it should just shoot out over the transom - as long as that square hole is blocked off!!!
Question-where's the air intake on a 200 etec?

I'm wondering if a wave shooting out over the stern won't swamp the engine if the hatch is blocked off.
At the moment I guess it'd still get rid of a large proportion of it?
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Old 22 January 2007, 11:20   #11
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Mervyn,

It's looking 200Hp Proof, but did you make it Mervyn Proof

Danny did a great job, do you need to come back next weekend?
We shall very soon find out if it's mervyn proof.. Have to wait for WF 10 then
and I need a testpilot ( who will be roped on the a-frame) to check the transom while going extreme: interested ?

Yess.. another day of work on it.. (electricity / engine etc.)
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Mervyn,

It's looking 200Hp Proof, but did you make it Mervyn Proof

Danny did a great job, do you need to come back next weekend?
We shall very soon find out if it's mervyn proof.. Have to wait for WF 10 then
and I need a testpilot ( who will be roped on the a-frame) to check the transom while going extreme: interested ?

Yess.. another day of work on it.. (electricity / engine etc.)
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I need a testpilot ( who will be roped on the a-frame) to check the transom while going extreme: interested ?

Not, if it starts chine walking at full bung
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