Torn out through-hull drain please HELP (with pix)

[ledfoot]

Love the site, haven't made many posts but hopefully one of you guys can advise a solution to this problem. The boat is a 1977 20' CC, one owner for 30 years always lift kept. I bought the boat from my dad's neighbor last year and the second time I took it out there was quite a bit of water entering the hull between the rear livewell and the hull bottom. As far as I can tell the bottom of the livewell and the inside of the hull bottom are bonded together and the through-hull goes through both parts. Well, on my boat the trough-hull drain broke from the hull bottom, leaving a small hole where water could enter the hull and pour into the bilge.

We had the spot "repaired" but as you can see by the pix it is a plastic fitting and lots of 5200 or something similar just gooped into the suspect area.

I have used the boat several times like this but am uncomfortable and want to fix it correctly. I don't fish much so one logical option would be to just remove the plastic thru-hull fitting and plug the void and glass over top & bottom, but I worry about the flex in the hull between the livewell and the hull.

Take a look at the pix and PLEASE offer any suggestions. The boat is GREAT otherwise and can't wait to continue using her.

Here is where the problem lies, in the aft livewell:


This is what it looks like up close, from the topside. This beauty of a repair featured a cut-down plug shoved in to this plastic fitting like an oversized cork!


Here's what a good through-hull drain looks like from the bottom, note the wedge:


Here's the botched repair (note wedge missing too):




Thanks,
Jeff