Transom Problems

[TwoWisemen]

I am a new member that has been following repair/modification advice since I bought my 1976 23' SeaCraft a little more than a year ago. I am planning to post pictures with a short bio soon. I am in the middle of rebuilding due to an unfortunate chain of events and have run across something that I need some advice on. I dropped my boat off to a fiberglass shop here in the FL Panhandle to get the open transom glassed in and possibly a bait well in the transom above deck. After some core samples, I was informed that the wood in the transom was "wet but not rotten." I have had 3 mechanics working in and around the boat in the past 5 months and all of them commented on how solid the transom seemed. I am young (I just graduated college) and I am kinda feeling like I am being misled into buying a whole new transom because the guy doesn't want to piece work a transom together, which I can understand. I will be adding a flotation bracket when this ia all said and done. I guess what I'm asking is what are my options when the wood is "wet but not rotten." If there is any more info that would aid advice, please ask. Thanks.