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I was lookin at a 96 charger to buy and i know the seller mentioned that he had launched a time or 2 without the plug and i was wondering how much water it takes to waterlog the floatation and is the material usually foam?
I would think that water would have to get up over the stringers out of the bilge to damage the foam.In other words flood the floor and the engine if its an I/O..Hopefully the guy was smart enough to not let that happen.
Look in the bilge area for signs of mildew or black stains. Depends on how the boat is built also.Usually water logged foam is from letting one sit out in the rain and neglect..
the only way to know is to look up the weight of the boat, motor, trailer, on the link, and add gas, and equipment. these weights are dry weights out of the factory. take the boat to a public scale and have it weighed.
