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foam inside my fishing boat
I just bought a 16 foot shallow v hull mirrocraft fishing boat. I
bought it used and planned on replacing some rotted wood, as well as reconfigure the storage space in it. It now has 3 battery storage compartments. Two near the outboard (35 hp) and one inside the casting deck. The battery inside the casting deck is placed right in the middle which makes it difficult to fit anything other than small items inside of this storage area. Near the transom of the boat there is a livewell in the center with a compartment on each side which open up to two more battery compartments. There is raised decking that covers the livewell and battery storage areas as well as all of the space around them. The only openings in the raised decking was for the livewell and batteries. I took off the decking with plans to utilize as much storage space as possible but found that all of the space surrounding these areas was filled with foam. If I remove the foam I will be able to triple my storage space but I am unsure of its purpose. I do not want to remove it if it serves a useful purpose. Any suggestions from anyone with more experience would be greatly appreciated. Thanks alot |
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:04:07 -0700, wrote: I do not want to remove it if it serves a useful purpose. It's called flotation and is what keeps the boat on the surface if it should become swamped. Do not remove it. Unless it's the old type that became waterlogged...which is common on my class of trailer sailboat. |
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On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:33:41 -0300, "Don White"
wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:04:07 -0700, wrote: I do not want to remove it if it serves a useful purpose. It's called flotation and is what keeps the boat on the surface if it should become swamped. Do not remove it. Unless it's the old type that became waterlogged...which is common on my class of trailer sailboat. Even with water, it will help keep the boat afloat. It goes without saying that if it is waterlogged, then by all means replace it, but don't remove it. |
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On Jun 4, 10:07 am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:33:41 -0300, "Don White" wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:04:07 -0700, wrote: I do not want to remove it if it serves a useful purpose. It's called flotation and is what keeps the boat on the surface if it should become swamped. Do not remove it. Unless it's the old type that became waterlogged...which is common on my class of trailer sailboat. Even with water, it will help keep the boat afloat. It goes without saying that if it is waterlogged, then by all means replace it, but don't remove it. How do you replace it without removing it? |
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"basskisser" wrote in message How do you replace it without removing it? You guys are funny. db |
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On Jun 4, 8:33 am, "Don White" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:7qo7635ki996iqib56nl58s4spdbfjq4t6@4ax .com... On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:04:07 -0700, wrote: I do not want to remove it if it serves a useful purpose. It's called flotation and is what keeps the boat on the surface if it should become swamped. Do not remove it. Unless it's the old type that became waterlogged...which is common on my class of trailer sailboat. Would it then be time to either replace the foam, or the boat itself? |
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Some time back someone in the regulatory world decided that all boats below
a certain size should not sink. The manufacturers responded by injecting expanding foam into various spaces, mostly under the floor but sometimes also in the sides. The problem is that this meant that these boats no longer had an open, draining bilge. They thought that water would not get into these sealed compartments they created for the foam. But water, given enough time, can get into just about anywhere. Water gets trapped in these spaces and that results in the foam getting waterlogged and the wood rotting. You can buy the foam from www.uscomposites.com where you can also buy epoxy to reseal your new floor. It will probably last another 25 years or so if you simply redo it the way it was. Adding a few new compartments will probably not reduce the floatation enough to sink the boat. I replaced my floor and outboard stringers and I did not replace the foam. Instead I drilled drains in my stringers and restored my bilge to an open bilge. I did that so water could drain and my new floor would not rot. My boat will sink if it fills with water. But my boat is a small open bow boat that I use on local lakes where it is not possible to even get more than a few hundred feet from a shore. I have heard of other solutions such as using sections of those foam noodles and sealed 1 liter coke bottles to add floatation without trying to create sealed compartments. wrote in message ps.com... I just bought a 16 foot shallow v hull mirrocraft fishing boat. I bought it used and planned on replacing some rotted wood, as well as reconfigure the storage space in it. It now has 3 battery storage compartments. Two near the outboard (35 hp) and one inside the casting deck. The battery inside the casting deck is placed right in the middle which makes it difficult to fit anything other than small items inside of this storage area. Near the transom of the boat there is a livewell in the center with a compartment on each side which open up to two more battery compartments. There is raised decking that covers the livewell and battery storage areas as well as all of the space around them. The only openings in the raised decking was for the livewell and batteries. I took off the decking with plans to utilize as much storage space as possible but found that all of the space surrounding these areas was filled with foam. If I remove the foam I will be able to triple my storage space but I am unsure of its purpose. I do not want to remove it if it serves a useful purpose. Any suggestions from anyone with more experience would be greatly appreciated. Thanks alot |
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