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As I am grinding out the foam, i have a lot of time to consider how I will put it back in, fresh and dry. My current thought is to tilt the boat on it's stern and fill the stern, slightly (couple inches past the cut line. I will probably wrap the existing fiberglass in plastic wrap held with blue painters tape to prevent spills and be cautious at over filling. I will do the same with the port and starboard sides,. It will be easier to fill with the boat tipped on it's side. Once that is done, I will hollow out the foam below the edges, and work resin and mat around the edges to bond the sections back together. Once that is set, i should be able to fill under the deck, using small batches of foam. The foam should seek the path of least resistance and I hope won't distort the deck. I think small will be the watch word of the process.

The only thing i might change is to bond the fiberglass mat to the outside edges of the cut prior to foaming. Disclaimer: Since i have at least 1 maybe 2 days of foam grinding these plans could change.

Thanks for the link, I have the foam, hopefully i measured right and won't be too short. I get my foam at http://www.uscomposites.com/index.htmlindex.html