Stringer weep hole leaking water - 23' Tsunami

[bigeasy1]

abl, i know how you feel,i'm in the process of redoing a 74 Tsunami I.O.,and have found wet foam in the bottom part only of the port side box stringer.

I have checked everwhere that i could get to.The engine is out,so it,s easy to get at the rear area,but i couldnt find any major problems in that area.

I removed the fuel tank,and drilled a few holes in the lower and upper part of the box,and have found wet foam in the bottom part of the foam.

Thats about as far as i can go,because the deck is solid,so i don't want to tear that up.

Like you,i think of all kinds of terrible things like,what if there's a crack in the hull,or what if the box is delaminated somewhere under the deck where i can't see.

Friends of mine in the glass business,and others who have done restorations,tell me i worry to much,and that it's probably old water,as the boat sat uncovered for five years in a field,and wasn't well cared for even when it was being used.

I had a fracture in the corner where the transom meets the port side,(above the waterline though)and was thinking that water may have entered and somehow got into the box stringer and migrated toward the front.

I'm also wondering why the bottom of the foam is the only part thats wet,If it was leaking from above,why wouldn't the upper foam be wet?
Foam is like a sponge,when it gets wet,water dosen't drain,it just mostly stays where it is.

I think i'm just going to leave it as is for the most part.i did however drill a few holes in the box with my hole saw along the lower section where the box meets the hull.
Hopefully any water will drain to some degree,and some air will dry it out ,at least a little.
If you find out where your water's coming from let us all know,and as most have told me,it's most likely not a major structural issue.