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<blockquote data-quote="Sounds Good" data-source="post: 40343" data-attributes="member: 567"><p>It depends on how unstable your boat is and what you're willing to try, but here's an idea... You could always bolt some PVC pipe down each side of your boat, with the ends capped and glued, of course. You can get pipe or conduit clamps to do this. The trade off is that you'd have to drill holes in your hull below the water line, unless you could rig some system to clamp them to the gunwales or something. But just to give you an idea, a piece of 4" pipe that's 5 feet long would give you about 27 lbs of flotation. With one on each side, you'd have a total of 54 extra lbs of "lift". 6" PVC would be 43 lbs per 5 foot section. That much flotation should sturdy up a shaky boat.</p><p></p><p>Edit.. You could always fill the pipe with helium too! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sounds Good, post: 40343, member: 567"] It depends on how unstable your boat is and what you're willing to try, but here's an idea... You could always bolt some PVC pipe down each side of your boat, with the ends capped and glued, of course. You can get pipe or conduit clamps to do this. The trade off is that you'd have to drill holes in your hull below the water line, unless you could rig some system to clamp them to the gunwales or something. But just to give you an idea, a piece of 4" pipe that's 5 feet long would give you about 27 lbs of flotation. With one on each side, you'd have a total of 54 extra lbs of "lift". 6" PVC would be 43 lbs per 5 foot section. That much flotation should sturdy up a shaky boat. Edit.. You could always fill the pipe with helium too! :D [/QUOTE]
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