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I may be disoriented but it looks like that is where the sole and stringers join the transom those are not stress cracks if that is the case Have someone who understands look at it percussion sound a very good idea at a minimum. that area of the boat is plywood covered with fiberglas...

this was in the 1980s and the live a boards looked at CNG as a cheap way to get gas on their boats. All of the exterior lockers with overboard drains and solenoids etc were not thought to be needed and it did not smell as much as diesel when used for cooking and heat

They used to get their CNG cylinders in the mail

We had a couple of CNG explosions The stuff pooled in the overhead and was ignited by the lights No real damage but there was some excitement

Alcohol has lots of good characteristics including being extinguished with water BUT it is also dangerous because the flame is difficult to see

the purpose of the caulk is take up the voids and prevent water from getting stinky behind 42 or 52 or any of the urethanes is overkill Silicone is a marriage for better or worse you can go real old school and use bedding compound if you really need something do not believe there is a real need...

once upon a time on this site I saw a photo of this hatch with Nico Fico style solar vents Serious ventilation for a DRY Bilge

sailboat racing here

What Kind of Races are you escorting?

we used to put bronze sash chain in the limber hole tracks with a spring at each end to keep them running ( back in the sixties)

Bedding Compound

Core only keeps the "web " apart different densities are commonly used along with different materials. Balsa is weight and cost. Plywood is cost but high density and higher compression strength for areas with high load attachments. Airex and Divinycel are superior for weight and very low...

Recommend 3/4 oz Chopped Strand Mat instead of 6 oz cloth for resin rich underside. Best practice is to use unwaxed laminating resin for a thin sealer coat. after cure it will be tacky put down your mat layer on that with finishing resin or laminating resin you have added paraffin wax to. You...

Best Practice Your Primary Pump should be directly wired with the correct sized fuse I use rigging tape to secure a spare fuse to the fuse holder. It is a 1200 yard hike from the float system to my tool shed.

way back when I saw a photo on this site of the aft hatch with two Nico Fico solar vents. Great Idea Water always gets in getting it out is the problem

Gougeon sells a carbide filler that is used for slurry troughs that will make your rode outlast the boat

store it somewhere where there is not a lot of temperature variation and hopefully under 90 degrees and it will be good for years. Meade used some that was over ten years old with no problems

I always try to have two pumps on my boats and buildings. Small maintenance pump and set higher a much larger trouble pump.