Van,
Welcome to the club
I was in Montauk last weekend, woke up on Sat. morning to hear the aft bilge pump running. Investigate to find a little water in the bilgs and the hose from the pump to the thru hull broken. O.K. I'll replace the hose. Get the hose and the find that the hose clamp on the thru hull is frozen. Try to pry it off and the thru hull breaks!
Back to the marina store. They don't have the right size thru hull. Call cab and go to another marina that has the right sized thru hull, but replacing the thru hull is a two man job. Call son, who's out on the beach, wait two hours and he comes back and we put everything back together. Total time spent on project about 6 hours! And they call boating fun?