replace floor with 5/8 or 3/4

[Stillrunning]

My V has all those 8 or so inch squares of wood they used. I have never figured out why they used those little squares instead of one full sheet of wood.

[Skools Out]

that was scrap wood they all used that yrs back to save money they thought. they would take ant wood left from molds, transoms, stringers, and other boat builders to save money they cut to blocks and used in all apps like that. Very common