Water intrusion from trim tab mounting?

[thataway]

None of the boats have these tab screws set in properly--and that goes for almost all boats built in production lines. In some of the hulls, there is a void/or area filled mostly with solid glass right where the transom core and the bottom core meet--and thus there is little core in the area of the tab screws.

Fortunately the moisture does not spread a long distance--as it can from screws or bolt holes which are higher up--or even worse a non sealed cap. (For example many of the 80's era Grady Whites didn't have proper sealing of the top of the transom, which in many boats is where the hull to deck joint is. Consequently there is a very high percent of these boats which have rot in the entire transom.

Good on the repair, and the transom saver! Great reminder for all of us.

[Sunbeam]