CT: I am in the process of doing mine now. I cut my stringers glass and wood down to one inch from the hull (support the boat before you do this!!!!) then took a 3/4 chisel along the groove and the rotten wood just crumbled out, the small amount of good wood that i had took a little coercion, but all in all less than an hour. Then I took a pressure washer to wash off the last bits of foam, and any stubborn wood in the groove. The new wood just slid in and i will be epoxying that in this week.
This is more tedious than hard. save the coins. they are harder and harder to come by (thank you gov't).
I have heard that we are supposed to leave a thick (1/4-inch) epoxy bed below the stringer to prevent hardspots in the hull. maybe someone else can chime in on this point.
Hope this helps! (or maybe i totally missed the point)
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