I have finished tearing, ripping, cutting and cursing the last bit of rotten wood in my trawler, today. It's all gone, and man was it a major big job. It's been almost a year since we began the destruction, with one goal in mind, NO MORE ROT. I've been over every single inch of this boat, not just looking at it but tearing in there to places I couldn't see. Sometimes it was a waste of time but sometimes I found more rot. We started at the stern and worked our way forward, pulling out bulkheads, floors, beams and replacing/rebuilding them as we progressed. Every tank has been replaced and installed so as to be totally accessable, each baffled chamber has an access hatch that can be opened through removeable floor panels. One thing that has become increasingly obvious to me is that the P.O.'s obvious enthusiasm for Giit Rot and penetrating epoxy was a total waste of time. After getting into the problem, it was easy to tell where he had applied it, I would find a small area of plastisized wood that was the original rot he was trying to fix and all around it would be much more rot, spreading to adjacent structures. He must have used a barrel of the stuff, and to no avail, it still rotted. This stuff does not work, it would probably be ok for a soft spot on the deck of a boat you are selling, but it is in no way a permanent or proper repair. As an example, today, while tearing out the bow/breast hook area, I could plainly see where he had injected Git Rot at the fore peak, next to the pulpit, on both sides. The rot that I took out extended 3 feet back from the stem and to the clamp on both sides, about six feet across. It involved 3 deck beams and about a foot of the chainlocker bulkhead. This is not a difficult repair but it could have been avoided by fixing it correctly the first time. I just keep telling myself " I couldn't have bought this boat if it was in top condition". Deck leaks are a real boat killer, almost as bad is the false sense of accomplishment garnered from using these quick fix formulas as a repair.