Filling Bracket with foam?
 

I have a Hermco dual bracket on my yacht and I am tired of water filling it up. Has anyone filled their's with foam? Is this a really bad idea? Would it stop the water or just create a different problem?
Thanks,
BA

Talk to Don he will let you know what to look for mine started to leak and I was able to stop it

Where was yours leaking?

I have been chasing leaks in mine since shortly after it was installed. I even filled it with water to determine where water was coming in. Found a couple of spots and the leaks stopped for a short period of time. Now it leaks again. Pissing me off.

BA....where were your leak spots?

Motor bolts and the seam between where the platform meets the tub. That is apprently not glassed together, so as soon as I ran the boat in a nice chop, opened up that joint.

got it.......I think foaming it it a really bad idea.

Brian
Talk to Don.. Mine leaks a little also but I jammed 5200 in the areas I could find.

Bad Idea, DON't fill it with foam :(

Foam seems like very bad idea, especially if you don't address the leak first. It wouldn't be long before you had wet foam

I traded emails and phone calls with Don on the same issue and he was eager to help. I think I've got the problem beat but will know for sure in a few weeks now that its in the water.

I had a conversation a couple of years ago with Don about it. Didn't get very far with him once I expressed my displeasure that tub and platform were not glassed together. I had the same thought about water logged foam, but didn't know if the two part/closed cell foam would absorb water? Guess it would. I will probably fill it with water again and break out the 5200.