"DSK" wrote

Epoxy "saturated" wood is highly over rated IMHO (although it does
take a thread fairly nicely). The stuff will still rot.

Yes, but to rot you have to have both rot spores and moisture over a
fairly narrow range. There are no spores left alive in plywood after
all the heating and processing and the Epoxy embalming (I know it
isn't saturation) will keep any new ones from getting to the wood. If
the through hull doesn't leak and is in a well ventilated place, it's
going to last longer than I am.

It's not often realized but rot does need a very precise moisture
range. It moves very fast when conditions are right, up to 3/8 inch
per day, but lies dormant the rest of the time. That's why you get
rot in places where there are moisture gradients or changes. It
increases the chance of conditions being just right.

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Roger Long