freakin out

[Megan Flaherty]

Just want to get on the water.. long way to go.
72 V20. tried the bucket test and pored a 5 gal bucket into back fish well got about 2 1/2 gallons back out. Found small slice type hole under thru hull drain in splashwell. Want to seperate top/sole from hull. Got most of the screws out... Been lookin around and now not sure if the sole/floor is attached to the top? Transom totally rotten. Bottom line want to
rebuild transom, check stringers and do a partial repair if necessary, need to reglass the hole by thru hull. Also want to raise the back wall 6 inches and fill in the corners. Have pictures from a previous thread attachmentid=2655&d=1298209 but now can't find it to get a better look.
I do have a fork lift. so far jig sawed off the top edge of transom and chain sawed out alot of the old wood. get er done.
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