After a 2 hour sail, I resumed working on fiberglassing the deck. I am removing all deck fittings, some permanently, and swabbing resin over the whole mess. After scraping and sanding.

I figure most of the water coming in during rainstorms is from the handrails and the loose stanchions, with smaller amounts coming in from loose screws and assorted cracks.

It is a 40 year old boat, and it appears the deck has never been touched up — original gelcoat is scabbing in sections where the previous owner laid down treadtape to protect it from further erosion, and the whole of it needs redoing.

It is the opposite of fun but I am working on the assumption that stem to stern resin application and 2 coats of paint will ally most of the leaks.