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Originally Posted by parrott
Looks good dude. Honestly u could of got away from filling w foam. Really no reason to do so. Unless u plan on filling the whole boat w foam so it will somewhat float if it sinks
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I used to feel the same way, I thought why would anybody want to put that crap back into a boat. My feelings towards foam changed one day when I split a 2' crack down the stringer threw the hull in my mitchcraft flats boat out in the middle of the river. Lucky I was only a mile or so from the creek mouth coming into the ramp when it happen. The boat filled with water in seconds. It sat in the water at a 30 degree angle with my power head barely above the water line. Water was poring over the 25" high transom from in the boat back into the river at a fast rate. I slowly made it back to the ramp while water filled the boat and ran out the back. The foam under the deck and in the stringers was the only thing that save my butt. The mitchcraft is a full composite boat with foam filled box stringers almost like the ones in the seacraft. The foam kept the heavy 200 hp power head just barely above the water and it kept the boat from sinking. I was far enough out in the river there was no beaching it in time. Ever since then I changed my thinking on foam in a boat. If you get a good closed cell type it will do much better staying dry than the 40 year old potter stuff. Even the old stuff will not hold as much water if it can drain out the boat. Dont get me wrong I dont like the stuff but it can save you if you get in a bind and there are some coast guard requirements that says you have to have it too I think.
01-09-2014, 07:59 AM
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