Update...not so bright...

[Stillrunning]

You have done allot sense the last pics you posted. I'm no expert but why can't you just check the wood by drilling in different sections and beef up what is all ready there. I'll come by one evening to check it out after work as I work in Greatbridge and I think your only about 15min. away. Whats there does not look that bad and if you could avoid removing the stringers I would. Nice hoist system you built. When I did mine we used a big tree limb and the first one broke when we had the inner liner about a foot or two out of the hull. Luckly the limb only broke and did not fall because that could have been dangerous as the limb was about 5' thick. It was hanging on by about an 1/8' of the limb.