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Took advice and drilled a couple of holes. Water poured out. About 3 gallons. I raised and lowered the bow until it stopped. After a few days, it was dry and I patched it with epoxy.

You guys are great! Thank you. Enough hand-holding. I'll post a pic of the finished product.

I have to get it 100% dry before I can do epoxy though, right?

I was planning on just using Marine-tex epoxy and bottom paint.

Yep. It's tilted and drained.

I'm a newbie to boating. Can you explain how to fix it with more detail?

And I want to point out that the drip is very slow. There's no puddle under it.

It probably sat in the water for a couple of days with the damage. Hit something tubing. The damaged area was submerged.

I'll post another pic to give perspective

It does have bottom paint. It was in the water for 5 days.

I'm trying to repair a small chunk of fiberglass in my Sea Ray 180 hull. It has been a few weeks since it was in use and the hole is still weeping water. I sanded it and I am planning on using epoxy (Marine-tex) to fix it so I need to wait until it dries. Any ideas on how to speed that process...