Notice the high water line in way of the top arrow. This oblong cut out in the stringer almost completely cuts the stringer in half. The red arrows show areas of incomplete fiberglassing, so that even if there weren't holes drilled in it, the wood would still absorb water. The red arrow at bottom shows hole cut without sealing the wood. Green arrows point to only two of numerous staples found in the stringer, along with brown fluid weeping out.
Blue arrow points to a vertical fracture that is starting to develop.
At far right is the fresh water pump mounted directly on the bottom of the hull, along with the wiring. Fifteen years ago, we noticed a trend by small boat builders to start covering up the internal hulls of their boats. This started with gluing that fuzzy stuff they call carpet or whatnot all over the inside, and later progressed to just boxing the whole interior in so that you can't see any thing. Today, that trend is complete, as nearly all small boat builders to this. We have no doubt but that this is so that it covers up shoddy workmanship, and so if anything is going wrong, if anything is coming apart, you can't see it.