LOL - now there is a relief...I don't need to do anything!
It turns out that the fitting that I was concerned about is in fact a plumbed drain outlet for my bow hold. So, when I was power washing my bow deck water entered the hold and then drained out of the through hull. It did it's job. LOL Can you yell IDIOT! any louder? LOL haha
I'll just paint her up now, finish up all the other crap on my list and get her out onto the water. Yeesh! LOL
Kind regards
Robert