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Codfish,
I do not have any pictures of this area at this time. The next time I pull the aft deck plate up I will be sure to take some and post them.
Between now and then if you remove your deck plate and look aft of the gas tank you will see the raised area that the tank is setting on. This raised area is split by the keel stringers and is wide as the tank and it runs foward all the way to the front of the the tank. This area is hollow and can get water in it through the keel stringer, stringer bolts ,(glob area) and any hole that has been drilled into it. Boats with 70 gallon tanks have about 10 to 12 inches of the top of the void area exposed and boats with 80 gallon tanks have little if any of the area exposed. I hope that this helps you understand where the ares is. This is the area that I drilled my holes. One on each side of the keel and about 2 inches to the outside of the keel stringer. The void area is deeper at the keel and this let me get to the deepest part of the void to suck the water out.
You said: but am now seeing some rusty water coming from around the keel stringer glob.
Are you just seeing rust stains around the glob or are you seeing water squirting out of it? Rust stains and a little rusty water is normal. The rust is coming from the bolts that are in the keel stringer and low grade stainless steel. If you have water squirting up out of the glob when the bow of the boat is raised then you have water in the void area.
Please do not go drilling holes in your boat unless you understand where to drill and that you have a way to seal them back up. Good luck, Bob
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