My stringers and transom were all fine. I pulled the cap of the transom (outboard) but after inspection decided not to cut into it and so I capped it back with fiberglass.
I have my boat on a lift and keep it at a pitch to keep it drained towards the bilge, and I keep the plug out. If you can pitch the bunks on your trailer, you should. These boats seem to hold a good bit of water and there is a 1" or 1.25" PVC pipe beneath the gas tank, for front to back drainage, that is glassed in pretty poorly where it passes through the bulkheads. So pretty easy for rot to start there if the boat is holding water over time. Yours looks pretty dry from what I can see in the second picture.
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