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Foam...water-logged foam...and no foam...Let's talk
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<blockquote data-quote="Jdholmes" data-source="post: 251075" data-attributes="member: 6982"><p>Yes, actually there was a story just recently with pictures of some folks on one of the great lakes that got swamped.</p><p></p><p>Four inches of water is not enough to sink a boat...unless it was way over the max capacity maybe...</p><p></p><p>Their isn't an argument of wether the foam will keep a boat from sinking if it's swamped...and yes some foam under the bench seats will really keep it floating, that's what it is designed to do.</p><p></p><p>It shouldn't give you all that much confidence...it is a help in an emergency. I don't have that much confidence in an air bag saving my life that I would drive like a fool and I don't have enough faith in foam that I would drive my boat like a fool, or skip on a bilge pump. I don't have enough faith in a bilge pump that I would skip on a manual pump...</p><p></p><p>That said I don't have any foam in my boat...I am willing to risk it for now but will put it in when I get the chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jdholmes, post: 251075, member: 6982"] Yes, actually there was a story just recently with pictures of some folks on one of the great lakes that got swamped. Four inches of water is not enough to sink a boat...unless it was way over the max capacity maybe... Their isn't an argument of wether the foam will keep a boat from sinking if it's swamped...and yes some foam under the bench seats will really keep it floating, that's what it is designed to do. It shouldn't give you all that much confidence...it is a help in an emergency. I don't have that much confidence in an air bag saving my life that I would drive like a fool and I don't have enough faith in foam that I would drive my boat like a fool, or skip on a bilge pump. I don't have enough faith in a bilge pump that I would skip on a manual pump... That said I don't have any foam in my boat...I am willing to risk it for now but will put it in when I get the chance. [/QUOTE]
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