"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
Hey Barrett. I thought you died in book 20...


I did; another example of P O's brilliant verisimilitude ; Bonden was
likeable, supremely competent ( I should be as good a sailor) , ever
present , unassuming , clearly much cared for by A & M - one of the best
supporting characters I ever saw in fiction; his death struck me as an
example of OB's insistence on (seems strange , given how much of the work is
outlandish) reality - the nature of nature is (surely especially in war )
people go this way ..




Yes it will. Use air bags.

"Barrett Bonden" wrote
Will Styrofoam take on water ? I refer to those ubiquitous small
"peanuts"
used in packing and shipping ; I want to add some permanent floatation
to
a
beat up old fiberglass dingy : I've one seat compartment opened now
(I've
given up on sealing all the holes, now or future ) and it occurs to me
that
filling the interior of the seat with these things would be useful if
they
didn't waterlog.