Since we came back from Bendigo, Atreus 1727 has been taking water, and it is getting worse. Today after about an hour's sail in fairly calm conditions there were about four litres in each hull. Before Bendigo, Atreus was mostly dry.

Atreus once had bungs in the transoms; at Speers Point Warwick commented that all of his boats have bungs. Somewhere along the way the bungs have been removed and the holes filled in with plugs which have been glued in.

I know that Atreus is leaking at the filled bung holes because this afternoon I saw water dripping from there.

I was wondering if anyone has suggestions as to the best way to go about this? Should I drill the plugs out, make new ones and glue them in? Any advice would be much appreciated.


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