Transom material

[Bperritt01]

I have a 1993 Malibu sportster. I’m going to have to replace the rear part of the stringers behind the engine soon because they have rotted halfway. I was wondering if the transom on these boats are wood also. Also wondering what the best materials would be to go with when replacing the stringers and possibly the transom.

[martinarcher]

I'm not sure 100% on the sporty but my 87 and 88 Bu's had wooden stringers and transoms.  My Sunsetter has been fully restored and has new wood stringers and also has a new wood transom.  All of course fully fiber glassed over when installed.  The transom was beefed up when the resto was done to be 2" thick to handle a custom floating wedge.