Transom Well

Ok, so the transom tear down has begun, the first step was to take out the outboard well, which was an add-on made out of low quality ply that had been fibreglassed over. Therre was an angle iron bar that ran through it and was bolted onto the transom. I undid the rusted nuts, and with a little persuasion broke through the fibreglass to seperate the well from the transom. The well was freehanging i.e. not attached to the floor beams (stringers?) so when I make the new well I will extend it down to make it stronger, with a false bottom so water will still drain out.
After getting rid of the well, I had much better access to check out the transom.