[bigeasy1]

I'm replacing the transom in my Tsunami,and have all the plywood out,and most of the grinding done.I cut the box stringers back,and found the foam in the starboard side nice and dry.

Unfortunately,the foam in the port side,however,was dry on the top,but wet on the bottom.
The deck on this boat is very solid,and i spent lots of time looking for rotted core.we have not found any serious rot problems with the exception of the hatch covers,and transom.

I really don't want to have to cut out the deck to get to that stringer.Is it necessary to remove the wet foam in the stringer,or can i just leave it?

I thought about(for 1 second) cutting the top of the stringer out,removing the foam,refoaming it,and reglassing it,but i don't think there's enough foam in these boxes to float this boat anyway.

I really hate the thought of having to do all this,if i don't have to.So what do you all think?,leave it the way it is and just finish the transom,(along with lots of other stuff)or do the "ugh,i hate to think of it" work,and replace the foam?

Thanks for any encouraging words