I think i am going to leave the aft decking in place it was redone last year - I found a professional who is willing to do the finish work and wet sanding on the transom so the curve will be his problem, also we are going to build some additional strength into the areas where the R-4 bracket will mount (possilly some knees in the bilge area before we close it up -- good old barter system. He is also going to use a composite fider board in the transom. I will be doing the forward decks over, but only down to the bottom skin as I think the forward stringers are good.