Yeah, just musing... not sure why a graceful canoe is butt ugly?... I guess a canoe that did NOT leak--minimum prerequisite--would be an expensive "donor" shell, and there'd still be a door and GASKET arrangement to fabricate.

Not sure what dacarls is visualizing, but it's not a problem in my thought balloon. However the crossbeams would have to be removed or they'd be obstacles to sliding things across the new "floor".

With all the hurricane rebuilding going on, there's gotta be some skilled "tin knockers" in town that could bang something out in short order, maybe even from "scrap" that's been "written off"...