Looks like a nice boat, Good luck, can't wait to see it completed.
Thanks I will probably ask the site admin to move this thread to the hull repair section. Unfortunately I did remove the stringers. The boat was dry but I had an hole in the hull that I wanted to do from both sides. Since I had the deck up and was planning to do the rebuild I went on and pull them up.
The stringers was a complete piece that was glued to the floor like a cap. I could have just cut where the hole was and did the repair but I wanted to redo this boat anyways.
Deciding if I should put some bulk heads in as I want to section out where I will put back the expansion foam to run along side the stringers and down the sides of the gunnels when I fix the top cap. I will connect the cap to the floor and foam or the bulkheads will run ribs up the side of the gunnels to add some strength to the sides still have not decided.