BonairII
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My Starcraft SS currently has no floatation foam(except for about 35 pool noodles)
I only run the boat in a somewhat small lake, but it's time to make some decisions on what to use to keep the boat afloat in the event of a leak, swamping, etc.
After reading thread after thread on pour-in foam, pink foam board, etc etc.....I'm now actually considering using heavy duty tire inner tubes under the deck(i.e. sealed air chamber floatation). Not only would it (hopefully) give me more buoyancy than pink foam board, but I would never get waterlogged.
If I decide to go this route, I would mount the the tubes with the valve stems protruding through the deck(locations to be determined later), so that I could monitor air pressure periodically.
Anyone ever do this? Or have thoughts on its feasibility?
I only run the boat in a somewhat small lake, but it's time to make some decisions on what to use to keep the boat afloat in the event of a leak, swamping, etc.
After reading thread after thread on pour-in foam, pink foam board, etc etc.....I'm now actually considering using heavy duty tire inner tubes under the deck(i.e. sealed air chamber floatation). Not only would it (hopefully) give me more buoyancy than pink foam board, but I would never get waterlogged.
If I decide to go this route, I would mount the the tubes with the valve stems protruding through the deck(locations to be determined later), so that I could monitor air pressure periodically.
Anyone ever do this? Or have thoughts on its feasibility?