Thanks guys...I know the core is wet because I drilled holes in the bottom of the boat and the core came out wet. I know that the initial point in intrusion on the port side was the exhaust. The last owner repaired the lower half of the transom on the port side to correct the leak. He did not fix the bottom core though. the Starboard side seems localized to the a section about 4 feet in from the trasom to about even with the keel. All the Balsa I drilled was yellow except for a a small patch in the starboard side in the storage locker. My initial plan is to button her up for the season, fair the bottom, keel and rudder, and put down a new layer of barrier coat and VC offshore and go sailing this summer. Next fall I plan on finding inside storage and exposing the core and putting heat and a fan on it for the winter and see where that gets me. Long term I may consider re-coring because I love Velocity Girl and eventually want my ashed splashed in lake ontario off her transom! Ha ha ha. Keep me posted on ideas.
Did anybody ever hear about that guy who used the industrial house drying unit to suck out the water? Did it work? I would like to avoid re-coring if the balsa isn't rotten.
HHSA
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