Hi Justin: I see your responses to many problems people are facing with their O'Days. Maybe you would offer some advice concerning water getting into my bilge. I have removed my centerboard--finding it with several holes that I have now repaired--and checked the centerboard trunk thinking there must be some kind of crack in it. It just seems like there is too much water coming into the bilge to be coming from the centerboard bolt. I have ordered new gaskets for the centerboard bolt. Can you tell me if I need to prep these gaskets somehow (vaseline, caulk, etc.) or just put them on dry? I have checked the hull and there are no cracks anywhere where water might be coming in. The centerboard trunk also appears watertight--apart from the holes where the bolt goes through. One final question: the autobailer at the stern of the boat(it's the type with a small ball in it where the ball is supposed to float up and cover the hole when the boat is at rest)--any chance this could somehow be letting water into the bilge? I feel like I ought to just plug it up as I don't expect to take on much water in the type of sailing I do. Thanks for your help!