Had been postponing dealing with moisture in the balsa core on the fore deck of my M17. Deck fittings (cleat and bow pulpit) and bedding sealants aged and allowed moisture in. Moisture ended up as far back as where the front of the cabin meets the fore deck. Drilled a few holes up from underneath into the core at places where I suspected moisture had saturated the core (you can tell after you drill a hole - wood fragments on the bit are wet.) Took off the pulpit and cleat, then let the old girl cook in the sun for a couple of weeks. Moisture can escape up through the bolt holes and down and out through the holes I drilled up from the bottom. (You have to protect the deck openings at night to prevent dew or rain from getting in.) Added 3:1 epoxy -- used a $.78 "applicator bottle" (looks just like a restarant red plastic ketchup dispenser I picked up at Walmart). The bottle has a small enough tip to insert into the deck bolt holes and the flexible bottle allows you to generate a bit of pressure to inject the goo. Used duct tape on the inside under the bolt holes to keep the goo from running out before it can set. Redrilled the 1/4" deck fitting bolt holes, bought longer bolts and made starboard backing plates to provide better support underneath -- the original just used washers against the laminate on the inside surface of the deck. Monty lives! --------------------------------- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.