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Why on earth would there be a Coast Guard presence in the midwest? Anyway there was a guy with a project album on iBoats forum a while back who cut his boat in half to add several feet of length. It looked very involved. The boat had a wood frame under fiberglass. Maybe if you stand each half on its cut side for a while it might dry a bit. I think all of us are intrigued and would like to see you open a project album.