Look Barefoot Big Blocks

Hey John,
It is fun.... like a stubbed toe. I would rather run a boat than work on it. After Church, lunch and a little rest, (in honor of my Pop, a highly decorated career Army Aviator.) I chipped away at the BFN a little.
John, what do you think I could do to the Barefoot to improve it over the Ski Nautique and pull somthing better than third place at the Correct craft reunion?
Today I cut down to a main stringer and found it wet. Not rotten but wet. I have decided to replace them as much as I wanted to save them.
Here are a couple of photos of todays results.

Eric,
The outboard stringers will be cut from 3/4 inch 10lb closed cell foam and the deck will be fiberglass laminated nidacore. As you may know nidacore are sheets of very light honeycombed poly. NO MORE WOOD.

Eric,
Yes, I am going to clean out the section just outboard the stringers. The stringers themselves have proven up to this point to be solid. Additionally, I am going to fabricate an aluminum cradle for the engine to rest on which will be through bolted to the stringers. I am going to go as deep as I have to but no more than necessary. My problem is I have trouble knowing where and when to stop.

Greg, its up in front of the captains seat, under the dash, its where all the venting starts and leads to the engine compartment

im having serious flashbacks, i envy you hasbeen, are you going to dig next to the stringers and how far are you going into the air box?

Now to digress, here is a shot of the deck in front of the pilon. The chopped floor was a little tough coming up because there was NO rot.