I just got a 98 Hunter 170 with some moderate cracks on the center rib of the deck and next to the motor mount down toward the hull seam. The boat also has some soft spots that flex an inch or two when under foot. The spots seam to be about a foot or so long. What did you do to fix your soft spot issues? did the suction and epoxy injection method work? I was thinking of drilling some inspection holes then once dry injecting epoxy and using screws down through the deck to hold the layers until cured then fix the screw holes. thanks for any info anyone can provide. DB