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Did a little more work today, got the binnacle off which was a real PITA due to stainless screws seizing to the crappy metal Yamaha used for the mount under the plastic housing. Anyone taking a Yamaha 704 binnacle remote control off would be well advised to watch a video to see how to do it, especially the nearly invisible little detents on the side. It took an hour or more and I had to drill several of the screws out but I saved the two cables and I think the binnacle is still usable. One of of the two mounts to the console was trashed however.

With the binnacle off I removed the console and found a half dozen more huge screws holding the deck down. They were removed and a razor knife cut through the thick silicone sealant between the deck seams. The deck came up pretty easily with one person after that (make sure you get all the screws out!) and was as solid as a granite slab with almost no rot except in the area around the tunnel hole which was reinforced with two layers of plywood and three layers of thick fiberglass!

OK, the gas tank is huge! It runs the entire length of the floor and seems to be in good condition. I'm going to do some research into how to tell for sure, and maybe cut some inspection/cleaning holes into the tank. If anyone has done this let me know!