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Foam...water-logged foam...and no foam...Let's talk
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<blockquote data-quote="richg99" data-source="post: 251298" data-attributes="member: 4376"><p>OK..now then, don't all laugh at once....but...</p><p></p><p>some years ago I had a wooden/fiberglass dinghy that I used in the pond. The front compartment was open/empty but sealed with a loose hatch. I stuffed a half-dozen or so 2 liter empty, but sealed with the cap screwed on, pop bottles in there. </p><p></p><p>I read someplace that the flotation was equal to foam...(why not) but that the plastic pop bottles wouldn't absorb water--no matter what. Made sense to me at the time...Still does. </p><p></p><p>Same thing should be so if one just stuck small sealed water bottles in any open area, as long as the bottles couldn't float out if the boat was swamped. They have to be locked in in some manner.</p><p></p><p> Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="richg99, post: 251298, member: 4376"] OK..now then, don't all laugh at once....but... some years ago I had a wooden/fiberglass dinghy that I used in the pond. The front compartment was open/empty but sealed with a loose hatch. I stuffed a half-dozen or so 2 liter empty, but sealed with the cap screwed on, pop bottles in there. I read someplace that the flotation was equal to foam...(why not) but that the plastic pop bottles wouldn't absorb water--no matter what. Made sense to me at the time...Still does. Same thing should be so if one just stuck small sealed water bottles in any open area, as long as the bottles couldn't float out if the boat was swamped. They have to be locked in in some manner. Rich [/QUOTE]
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