Here's the bilge of #66, aft, where the stuffing box would probably be on an inboard model. The grey object at the bottom of the picture is one of the lead pigs.
It appears that the water has been there for so long that the inside layer of fiberglass has blistered and separated from the rest. There's (obviously) still a bit of water down there (couldn't reach it with the shop vac), and I have not had the opportunity to get my hands in and examine it closely. I think it is just one or two layers--the hull seems to have no integrity problems from the outside.
I figure that I'll need to really dry it out down there and probably strip the blistered fiberglass out. Once that is done, I'll add a couple of new layers just to be safe.
Am I on the right track? Any suggestions as to how I should attack this?
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