Finishing up the deal on a Hunter 34 - walked the deck and sounded around shrouds, mast, and any suspicious areas when "bouncing/walking" the deck - all seemed good except this one spot, and of course the anchor locker lid like all H34s I've been on. Before anyone asks, surveyors don't really exist in my area... believe me I've looked (Midwest plains). Before completing test sail/motor and pulling to inspect bottom later next week I wanted your experienced feedback on possible fix methods and potential costs. In the attached picture between the vberth hatch/solar vents and the head/sink area hatches the deck was bouncy, upon inspection with sounding hammer and moisture meter, the meter peaked out, and the hammer gave a loud thud. The seller has replaced all hatch gaskets in 2018 so I'm hoping he caught the ingress of water with that, but it could also be from the mast step area as he has not addressed the compression post issue. I believe the core is wet in the pink circled area from the hatch leaks. The green area didn't not flex when jumping on it and did not "thud" when sounding. I put the meter by the mast step but with the metal base I didn't trust the reading (high teens to low 20s) and the sounding came back as acceptable. What is your take on how you would fix if it were your boat?
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