Wet Transom- help

[captsuperfly]

Ugh, sorry.

you could drill a few more exploratory holes to see what you find... but as the others have mentioned it's often shocking how wet our solid feeling transoms were when we took them apart. Even if some of the wood dries out, it's almost inevitably de-bonded from the skin.

Drilling in a bit it really the only way to know for sure. Good luck.