The transom is first made up of 2 layers of 12mm plywood, shown below being glued.
![](https://theslowboatbuilder.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/img_3172.jpg?w=768)
Then an Iroko capping piece is glued on top. This part will be visible. You can see the cutout for the tiller.
![](https://theslowboatbuilder.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/img_3175.jpg?w=768)
And below, ready for fixing to the longitudinals at the stern. At a later stage, the outer face of the transom will have a layer of Iroko added.
![](https://theslowboatbuilder.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/img_3180.jpg?w=1024)