The Sea Nymph canoe I bought second or third (or more?) hand before my 14
year old son was born has a problem. The canoe has 2 floatation
compartments, one in the bow and the other in the stern. I inspected it a
while ago and found the Styrofoam(?) that provides the floatation coming out
in bits and pieces.

I have in the past contacted OMC about what to do and they don't even know
who made the canoe for them all those years ago.

I am planning on taking it out again soon and need to 'refresh' the
floatation before we go back out.

Does anyone have any suggestions for the next step? Someone told me to
shoot expanding foam into the compartments, but I'm not too crazy about that
idea.

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Thanks.

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:31:50 -0400, "HeatMan"
wrote:

The Sea Nymph canoe I bought second or third (or more?) hand before my 14
year old son was born has a problem. The canoe has 2 floatation
snip snip...

Does anyone have any suggestions for the next step? Someone told me to
shoot expanding foam into the compartments, but I'm not too crazy about that
idea.

why? sounds like a plan to me.

You could add a regular old air bag or two.

http://www.mohawkcanoes.com/acc1.htm

Would likely end up with more flotation than what it had in the first
place.

-Dan V.

"Dan Valleskey" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:31:50 -0400, "HeatMan"
wrote:

The Sea Nymph canoe I bought second or third (or more?) hand before my
14
year old son was born has a problem. The canoe has 2 floatation
snip snip...

Does anyone have any suggestions for the next step? Someone told me to
shoot expanding foam into the compartments, but I'm not too crazy about
that
idea.

why? sounds like a plan to me.

You could add a regular old air bag or two.

http://www.mohawkcanoes.com/acc1.htm

Would likely end up with more flotation than what it had in the first
place.

-Dan V.

If I leave the end compartments intact and use the float bags in the middle,
where will I put the kids and dog? FYI, the wife is in the front (bow) seat
and I'm in the stern.

I would suggest using inflatable storage bags... I had the same issue and
that's what I did. They serve the dual purpose of flotation and storage for
common items. They can be found and purchased at NRS online and sometimes
even go on clearance or check your local outfitting store.


"HeatMan" wrote in message
...
The Sea Nymph canoe I bought second or third (or more?) hand before my 14
year old son was born has a problem. The canoe has 2 floatation
compartments, one in the bow and the other in the stern. I inspected it a
while ago and found the Styrofoam(?) that provides the floatation coming
out
in bits and pieces.

I have in the past contacted OMC about what to do and they don't even know
who made the canoe for them all those years ago.

I am planning on taking it out again soon and need to 'refresh' the
floatation before we go back out.

Does anyone have any suggestions for the next step? Someone told me to
shoot expanding foam into the compartments, but I'm not too crazy about
that
idea.

If you reply by email, remove Spam block from address.

Thanks.









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Dan Valleskey wrote:
Someone told me to
shoot expanding foam into the compartments, but I'm not too crazy about
that idea.

why? sounds like a plan to me.

Would likely end up with more flotation than what it had in the first
place.

My experience with expanding foam was sealing around a basement door: the
stuff expanded enough to bend the wooden door frame. One might want to use
caution in filling a compartment where the stuff could get wedged in and
(maybe?) crack something.

"ron L" wrote in message
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Dan Valleskey wrote:
Someone told me to
shoot expanding foam into the compartments, but I'm not too crazy about
that idea.

why? sounds like a plan to me.

Would likely end up with more flotation than what it had in the first
place.

My experience with expanding foam was sealing around a basement door: the
stuff expanded enough to bend the wooden door frame. One might want to
use
caution in filling a compartment where the stuff could get wedged in and
(maybe?) crack something.

Yep. That's why.