I added a stringer into the build and a layer of 12oz bi axial cloth so I could get away with using 1 piece of 1/2" marine ply instead of using a double layer of 1/2" plywood for the floor. The 1 layer of plywood eliminated extra weight and added material costs of 2 layers. It is much stronger than before. You might notice 2 copper bars epoxied and glassed in midway up the stringer. This is to allow me to drill and tap into to install the keel later on. In past they had cut an access hole in the floor so they could install the nuts and bolts for the keel. This created another problem of water getting into the floor.
The floor is all installed.
Ready to start working on the deck. More pics to follow in the coming weeks.
Everything always seems to take longer than expected to achieve a quality job.
but I am glad I removed the whole deck versus cutting it off at the motor well. It made it much easier to replace the floor and the transom with the deck out of the way and I have acquired a better fitting hull to deck joint that won't require a whole tube of caulking to fill the voids like it had from the factory.