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Originally Posted by JohnC
Thanks for the tips! I have used foam before and I know it's a rapid process. I didn't know about the heat cooking it though. That's very good to know as my boat is in the sun at this time.
I will be putting foam forward of the fuel tank and outside the stringers. I see the advantage of no foam (nothing to get waterlogged) but I have decided I want the extra flotation in areas I can seal off from the bilge. Project stalled due to work and funds (bought a fixer upper house a while back) so there is still time to change my mind but that's my preference. I should be done with my house and back to the boat by end of June.
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Closed cell foam is only closed until it is not.
You get water outside of the stringers as well in the invisible bilge that used to drain into the bilge until you stopped that egress.
Your swamped turtled hull will just float a little higher...