Cruising the Great Lakes so you don't have to!
Totally water-saturated, black, rotten balsa here among the chainplates. No surprise, as the boat has a major structural fault in this area (missed, of course, by Keystone Kop Kronich the surveyor). Not only on this boat, but also on the two other S&S 30s I have identified in Europe, shroud tension has caused a sidedeck to lift away from the two knees on that side that tie it into the hull. This caused delamination and water intrusion in a big way.
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But in my case the whole cabin top, the full lengths of both side decks and almost the whole foredeck were wet. Also, those 900 hours included steam bending teak, glassing in a new traveler support in the cockpit, keel repairs, conversion to a cutter rig…..the list goes on. So I’m sure you’re not looking at anything like 900 hours. I’d love to see some pictures.