Rotten locker floor

[LittleMurph]

I have an 84 Starwind 22 that was leaking from the pry out hatch in the anchor locker.

It doesn't drain well on the trailer and water just pooled up in there for who knows how long before I bought it. I pulled out the hatch to re-seal it and found some of the wood in the floor was just mush. I dug and vacuumed out as much as I can. Some of it goes at least 4" in toward the aft. The question now is can I just inject some foam I there, seal the hatch and call it a day or should I cut out the glass and remove and replace all the wood?

 

[shemandr]

How long do you want to keep the boat?

 

[LittleMurph]

Probably 5 to 10 years. We've only had it for a couple of months now.

 

[dlochner]

Is there access from the V-berth to the area below the anchor locker?

Is the wood only supporting the floor of the anchor locker?

How much room is there below the anchor locker?

 

[LittleMurph]

It's only supporting itself. There's plenty of room underneath for sails n such. It's a bit of a reach to get up to the locker floor from underneath, the opening from the cabin only allows one arm through.

 

[shemandr]

I'm not sure it doesn't have some structural roll to stiffen the bow. The hatch doesn't really do that.