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Do I need to add foam or other flotation?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jdholmes" data-source="post: 226544" data-attributes="member: 6982"><p>It is true that it isnt a matter of lifting the entire 1000+ lbs, but you still need around 12 cubic feet of foam and from what I am read that would be the equivalent of 17 five gallon buckets in buoyancy. </p><p></p><p>Tell you what, tape some small bottles in a couple of rows in front and back that take up no more space than your foam life jacket and strap it to your body...see if it keeps you as high in the water as the PFD. I have a feeling it won't...but I am not above being proved wrong.</p><p></p><p>The other strong advantage of course to the foam is going to be how you an spread it out so much more evenly. Ie along the bottom and sides of a boat taking up very little space.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jdholmes, post: 226544, member: 6982"] It is true that it isnt a matter of lifting the entire 1000+ lbs, but you still need around 12 cubic feet of foam and from what I am read that would be the equivalent of 17 five gallon buckets in buoyancy. Tell you what, tape some small bottles in a couple of rows in front and back that take up no more space than your foam life jacket and strap it to your body...see if it keeps you as high in the water as the PFD. I have a feeling it won't...but I am not above being proved wrong. The other strong advantage of course to the foam is going to be how you an spread it out so much more evenly. Ie along the bottom and sides of a boat taking up very little space. [/QUOTE]
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