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floatation foam

paulsboats

paulsboats

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should use or not? would use it if i was going to sell it......but i like how dry it is under the deck and dont want the extra weight.
 
Will30 said:
I didnt replace the foam when I put the floor back in mine .
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i was tempted to but then i rememberd all the wet foam i removed from this one and other boats ive done.would probally put some in if i was to sell it for liability reasons only. thanks
 
Mine was full of water when I cut the floor out too. I even had the the boat propped up so the water would run out but it was trapped in with the foam ....
 
in mine the foam was soaked the core was delaminated and rotton.filled 5 contractor bags full of all the foam and balsa. i weighed one bag in at 186 lbs x5 alot of dead weight!
 
Leave it out-everyone does. Foam is a liability on several levels and there are very few circumstances where it is of benefit. The reason all new boats have it is because it is Coast Guard required in new vessels.
If the boat were COMPLETELY swamped fresh foam would keep it from going under. Waterlogged foam?-not as much. In the case of anyone who is redoing their boat the truth is that if it were that badly crippled you probably want it to sink anyway for the insurance.
Even so, the chances of your boat going to the bottom is slim to none-It would have to be swamped enough for all residual air pockets to have a chance to escape.
A caveat- You should always have life preservers handy and accessible. Don't count on using your New and Improved 200 lb. lighter without foam boat as a personal flotation device in a worst case scenario.
 
always have the vest on underway.i know the importance of saftey on the water.i was a commercial fisherman.the boat doesnt wait for you to put the gear on!
 
I'm in the process of removing as much foam as possible and I'm not putting it back. After pulling out chunks of foam with water literally pouring out of it, I'll take my chances without. Not only that, but if you have water logged foam it would likely sink faster.
 
Ramifications said:
I'm in the process of removing as much foam as possible and I'm not putting it back. After pulling out chunks of foam with water literally pouring out of it, I'll take my chances without. Not only that, but if you have water logged foam it would likely sink faster.
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im thinking this thing was sunk a few times,even the glass was soaked.had it in the shop for three months with the heat cranked to dry out .then installed the stringers,put the stringers to the hull first as i thought it would be stronger than on top of the balsa core.must be a sickness working on these boats!:cheers:
 
paulsboats said:
im thinking this thing was sunk a few times,even the glass was soaked.had it in the shop for three months with the heat cranked to dry out .then installed the stringers,put the stringers to the hull first as i thought it would be stronger than on top of the balsa core.must be a sickness working on these boats!:cheers:
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It definitely is a sickness... I caught it and it seems as though it is spreading like wildfire with all of the new Resto threads popping up:bigthumb:
 
it is a sickness...i got it when i was 8.did my fist glass job on a 16 ft thompson .the deck on the bow was rotted replaced the wood and coverd it with cloth.had a 50hp merc! it flew!:thumb:
 
I would put foam back in the boat. Be creative about it try to put it in spots that it wont get wet. The reason I say this is that if u insure the boat and it does sink u r not covered cause in a marine insurance claim the boat has to be recovered and inspected if no foam no money.
 
The newer foams are better than the what they were using years ago. AND the Coast Guard told me that if you don't put foam under the floor, you can use anything you want for floatation, like ping pong balls, pool noodles, etc. They just can't be under the floor. Use them in boxes on the sides, under the deck, but not under the floor.
 
maagee79 said:
I would put foam back in the boat. Be creative about it try to put it in spots that it wont get wet. The reason I say this is that if u insure the boat and it does sink u r not covered cause in a marine insurance claim the boat has to be recovered and inspected if no foam no money.
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Completely inaccurate. If they can prove your negligence they may have a case. Without documentation of your foam removal it could have been done by anyone in the buy/sell process. If they want proof of foam existence at the point of policy purchase it's incumbent upon them to have demanded an inspection at that time. Then they can say you removed it afterwards and tinkered with the basics of your policy.
Besides which; nobody is checking.
 
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