If you find that the interior wood in the transom is wet pour undiluted antifreeze on the wood let it soak in pour some more until the wood will not absorb any more . Antifreeze will kill the wood cancer for a while. Antifreeze will absorb the water epoxy won't. Once the antifreeze dries in the wood epoxy will stick to it. Strange but true; antifreeze will control athletes foot, it is not a cure.