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Re: Floatation
By:John Monfoe
Date: 10/31/2000, 6:41 am
In Response To: Re: Floatation (Kent LeBoutillier)

: Hi John,

: Expandable foam sounds messy. I put 3" minicell foam bulk heads in my
: boats. The combination of the minicell and two water tight bulk heads
: makes the boat float like a cork, even with a cockpit full of water. I
: have swamped my boats many times and find it easy to flip over and drain
: all but a couple inches of water out of the cockpit. When you really plan
: to get wet, thats when you add float bags in each compartment.

Hi Kent,

As you see I am trying to get all of this into my head. When you swamped your boats are you still in them or on the outside? If you are out of the boat do you have problems getting back in? Do you have a pump to get rid of the water or dip it out? Well, it time to walk the dog. Thanks for your response in advance.

John

Messages In This Thread

Floatation
John Monfoe -- 10/31/2000, 5:57 am
Re: Floatation
Lee -- 10/31/2000, 9:18 pm
Re: Floatation
John Monfoe -- 11/1/2000, 4:11 am
Re: Floatation
Lee -- 11/1/2000, 11:57 pm
Re: Floatation
Jim P. -- 10/31/2000, 1:10 pm
Re: Floatation
Brian Nystrom -- 10/31/2000, 12:47 pm
Re: Positive side affects of learning to roll
Shawn Baker -- 10/31/2000, 1:27 pm
Re: Floatation
Richard Boyle -- 10/31/2000, 10:02 am
Re: Floatation
Kent LeBoutillier -- 10/31/2000, 6:21 am
Re: Floatation
John Monfoe -- 10/31/2000, 6:41 am
Re: Floatation and Safety
Shawn Baker -- 10/31/2000, 10:26 am
Re: Floatation
Kent LeBoutillier -- 10/31/2000, 6:56 am