The importance of stringers and bulk heads.
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Does this count? 
About fifty years ago I owned a boat without stringers or bulkheads.
Hanimex 5.5 hp, on the plane (light load) and the entire floor would bounce up and down 3-4 inches. Even the bench seats were only glassed to the hull sides.

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About fifty years ago I owned a boat without stringers or bulkheads.
Hanimex 5.5 hp, on the plane (light load) and the entire floor would bounce up and down 3-4 inches. Even the bench seats were only glassed to the hull sides.

RR
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Similar to here, boats up to 45’ long, most of the tour boats are plywood, have one central stringer runs all the way and bearers across the floor . They carry 40 people and get the job done but I wouldn’t want to be in one when the water gets nasty.
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