W1TEF wrote:
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:21:18 -0500, Jim wrote:

Best advice you got so far was to weigh the boat to see if the foam is
waterlogged.

I don't know if you remember Jim, but I found out that my Ranger bay
boat is about 870 lbs over published weight putting the whole rig
right on the edge of trailer capacity - 4,980 lbs for a 5,000 lb
trailer.

The foam isn't waterlogged. I called Ranger about it and they didn't
have an explanation either.

I got to thinking about it. A gallon of water weighs 8 lbs. To have
870 lbs of extra water weight, the boat would have to hold 109 gals of
water.

That's a lot of cubic feet of water to have in foam on a 20 foot boat.

I've seen where some weigh their new boat and find it a couple hundred
pounds over. The manufacturers always claim it's because different
workers lay glass differently than others, especially in how much resin.
And that makes sense if you're talking 10% weight or so.
Can't hurt to weigh the boat as a first step.
If it's not way more heavy than it should be, then go after the power side.
But if it's waterlogged, might as well throw it away.
Every case of waterlogged foam I've seen also has rotten stringers.
It's a 1972 boat glass boat. Nixon was President.

Jim - Some preferred Terry Bass over Ranger.