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Foam...water-logged foam...and no foam...Let's talk
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<blockquote data-quote="MrSimon" data-source="post: 251032" data-attributes="member: 5461"><p>Does anyone on here have a personal story of foam actually keeping their boat from sinking? Have you ever even HEARD of an aluminum boat that was saved from sinking by its foam?</p><p></p><p>I've been in aluminum boats all my life. Big ones, little ones, good ones, crappy ones, leaky ones, dry ones .... I've never ever seen or even come close to a situation where foam was needed. I HAVE been in boats with about 4 inches of water on the floor though .... they were still floating just fine.</p><p></p><p>I've also often wondered, with a 140 pound outboard, 150 pounds of batteries, 50 pounds of gasoline, and 100 pounds of gear .... would some foam under the bench seats really keep that boat floating? I don't know, maybe it would .... but it doesn't really give me that much confidence.</p><p></p><p>Now, with all that said, I'm certainly not going to go out of my way to remove it from my boats (unless its water logged). But when re-doing tins, I don't add any additional foam and I doubt I ever will.</p><p></p><p>But, I also use canoes a lot and I will NEVER be in one that doesn't have foam blocks at both ends .... they have saved my butt on three different occasions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrSimon, post: 251032, member: 5461"] Does anyone on here have a personal story of foam actually keeping their boat from sinking? Have you ever even HEARD of an aluminum boat that was saved from sinking by its foam? I've been in aluminum boats all my life. Big ones, little ones, good ones, crappy ones, leaky ones, dry ones .... I've never ever seen or even come close to a situation where foam was needed. I HAVE been in boats with about 4 inches of water on the floor though .... they were still floating just fine. I've also often wondered, with a 140 pound outboard, 150 pounds of batteries, 50 pounds of gasoline, and 100 pounds of gear .... would some foam under the bench seats really keep that boat floating? I don't know, maybe it would .... but it doesn't really give me that much confidence. Now, with all that said, I'm certainly not going to go out of my way to remove it from my boats (unless its water logged). But when re-doing tins, I don't add any additional foam and I doubt I ever will. But, I also use canoes a lot and I will NEVER be in one that doesn't have foam blocks at both ends .... they have saved my butt on three different occasions. [/QUOTE]
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