This is my O’Day 192, on the starboard side below the aft stanchion base (behind the fuel locker). The hull deck joint is fiberglass taped all the way to that point, and then it looks like there’s wood there. The wood is wet and rotten but it’s tough to get into that spot and get a closer look so I’m wondering if anyone knows what’s going on there / why it’s there. It’s not part of the deck core, it almost looks like a strip that was put inbetween the hull and deck joint. It has to be original to the boat because I had to cut the original flotation foam away to get into there.
I’ve rebedded all the hardware in the area and the deck core looks good.
So any ideas?