I have had issues with trailer braking which could be explained very
easily by the extra weight. Plus the top end and odd planning
behavior with the short leg FICHT.



Ranger does use closed cell foam and the technique is very similar to
the way Boston Whaler does it - in fact, I believe it's the same foam
- I could be wrong on that.



Tom, the Scituate, MA harbormaster had a serious problem with a waterlogged
Whaler a few years ago.
From talking to a couple of the guys up there, the boat had been slowly
losing speed over a couple of years and was handling poorly, despite being
repowered. I don't know what year the boat was, but my guess is that it was
a early '90s model. It actually sat low in the water and when they hauled
it and put it on a trailer, sections of the hull stayed wet ... never dried
.... even when left high and dry for weeks.

The last I heard about this was that Boston Whaler had refused to fix it and
the issue had become a ****ing contest. I'll ask what happened the next
time I visit up there.

Eisboch