Different way of replacing deck

[jorgeinmiami]

A while ago I saw a episode of Ship Shape TV that they took a 20 aquasport and cut out the deck in one piece out of the boat flipped it upside down took out all the old wood and replaced it and glassed it back in.
Seems to it would be nice to not only save the original deck but a maybe easier way of doing this.

Is this possible?

Just imagining a 23 open project. But I'm only day dreaming

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