Water pooling in front of hatch

[tnltracy]

Hi all,

I still owe you all some pictures of my new (to me) 79 V20, but have a question on water pooling up in front of the hatch.

First off, is this common?

In my case, ultimately a little is dripping through what appears to be via one of the screws holding down the wood hatch guides. Leaving very nice reddish brown stains on my pads in the cuddy. Looks just like blood when it's wet, kind of wierd.

It seems the deck has sagged a bit over time allowing this, so I'm thinking of replacing the board (would it be called a stringer here?) that runs across the deck just in front of the hatch opening, and possibly adding a couple running front to back from the bow back to same board. Thoughts on this idea?

Thanks,

Tom