If you need further motivation to travel internationally aboard your Whaler, see exhibit A here. My wife and I made the round trip from Ft. Lauderdale to Bimini Bahamas in the summer of 2019, and have plans to return this summer!
It’d be helpful to know if the water is salt or fresh. My guess would be that it’s freshwater leaking past the mechanical access hatch gasket. This can be resolved by either tightening the hatch draw latches and/or replacing the gasket on the bottom ...
