Spent some time yesterday stripping out the benches and old floor. Everything was in pretty decent shape, even the foam was dry and in decent shape. The floor was the one thing that was bad. It was waterlogged, heavy and flexed like a wet noodle! The original setup had one wooden stringer down the middle and the sides just rested on the ribs, which gave the floor a spongy feel........replacing the floor is what actually led me to find tinboats. 8)
I am tossing aroung the idea of using an old aluminum ladder for floor support. Using a level across the gunwales and measuring down is the method I used for getting the floor level. The ladder fits snugly under the benches as well, giving some additional support to the benches. The ladder slightly raises the floor up giving me some extra floor width in the rear and in the front. I used some wood blocks for now, but will change them to aluminum later. Some pros so far, is better floor support, some extra floor space gained and weight savings(the ladder weighs less than the wood it's replacing), and the con would be the higher center of gravity, but it isn't too drastic of a change.
So at this point everything's just mocked up and in place, is there anything that looks off or you think might not work well?