Thanks guys. I am pretty confident that it is coming in at the strut. I can actually see water seeping on to the top of the liner from the liner/epoxy interface as well. The leak is fairly significant. After I run the engine it produces about 5 gallons in the bilge per day (sometimes more if it was significant journey). This continues daily for a couple of weeks and then slows considerably until I run it again. My theory is in that time my friend "brown freshwater slime" grows enough to slow the leak (swear it is slick enough to make my hull faster too :P)
How is the strut bolted on? There are no bolts showing through so are they epoxied over on the back side?
I am glad to hear that there is no interface between the hull and the mold, I was extremely worried that there would be water infusion into the core as well. Vic, I am strongly considering doing exactly that, glassing over the strut completely.
I realigned my engine the other day, I hope that helps a bit. It was not out by much but I definitely made an improvement. The leak had slowed, but idled the motor for ten minutes and turned the shaft by hand while aligning and sure enough the bilge was full the next day.
