[oldbluesplayer]

Gillie -

I did a Seafari transom from the outside, documented here in CSC - search my posts from a couple of years ago.

Denny got it right on - use the alcohol to dry wood out, and pull your motor off, and remove the aluminum notch trim, your worst areas are going to be from poorly sealed motor mounting holes, and even more so, from the liner cap/outer hull seam, hiding under that trim - that area on my boat had opened up, easily letting water get into the plywood core.

If that's not bad, and all you suffer from is water intrusion at all the small screw holes holding on various brackets, then I would simply overdrill all those screw holes, stopping at the inside glass, and use epoxy resin, thickened slightly, to put in wooden plugs, then glass them over on the outside.

And, above all, whether you just plug the holes, or rebuild the core, go thru my posts, find the details on the knee I installed, and put in a knee from the transom stringer up to the inside face of the transom. That one detail will stiffen the transom like you wouldn't believe.

Good luck - these Seafari's are incredible little boats !!!

Bill