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SCOTT:
Let me tell you about my transom on my 23'. The boat sat on the bottom for three days (before I bought it) The transom was full of water. This I didnt know until I took out all of the plugs and screws. Out it came, It looked like sewer water. All it did was drip, drip, drip. So, like miles said, I took a 1 and 1/2" holesaw and drilled a hole as close to the bottom as I could. That helped to drain (what I thought was all of the water) out. I put a heater on the transom to dry. I came back the next day, only to find more water on the floor. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] At that point, I knew that the water was being trapped up inside. So I took an air hose and put that in a smaller hole higher up. Believe it or not, that forced the water down and out. I did this on and off for a week until there wasn't anything left, then more heat to dry it out. I think you will find that if it doesn't have enough air getting into the plywood, the water just gets stuck inside. The plywood on mine was gray. Like you said, it was still hard. When the washers on the motorbolts start to sink into the glass on the inside, you will know that it's time to replace the stern. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

Steve