My boat is an Ericson 32-2 (1970), hull # 131. A few days ago I worked around my rudded stuffing box to replace the packing and I dropped some water around the "tube" to clean the place. The next morning I found a few drops of water aroud the strut. (you understand that the boat is in dry dock)! So I dryed the strut, went inside and poured more water behind the strut area. Went outside and after a while, I saw a few drops of water again !!! 
My plan is to get inside, clean (sand) the area around the top of the strut and put some epoxy with a bit of high density filler and may be some mat. Note that the strut is very solid. It does't move at all.
My question is : Does anyone knows if the strut is bolted through "pure fiberglass" or is it bolted on a peace of wood inbeded in fiberglass. I would be more nervous if there is some wood in that area of the hull !!! The manual of the Ericson 32-2 is very limited and shows nothing on the structure of the strut area.
Thank you
Yves
My plan is to get inside, clean (sand) the area around the top of the strut and put some epoxy with a bit of high density filler and may be some mat. Note that the strut is very solid. It does't move at all.
My question is : Does anyone knows if the strut is bolted through "pure fiberglass" or is it bolted on a peace of wood inbeded in fiberglass. I would be more nervous if there is some wood in that area of the hull !!! The manual of the Ericson 32-2 is very limited and shows nothing on the structure of the strut area.
Thank you
Yves
