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Originally Posted by wiredantz
I was researching this awhile ago, i know the Boston Whalers have foam and are pretty much unsinkable. I read that once you have a leak, the foam makes the boat incredibly heavy due to the water.
This is why i have not done it. I am not sure if i want to be hauling a kayak with drenched foam.
I am pretty ignorant regarding this whole foam in the hull thing.
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When I was in the Coast Guard we had an old Boston Whaler wash up on Ballast Point one year after a storm. No CF numbers so they could not trace it. The base used it for a tender to paint the 82 footers for years. When the 82's were finally sent to the scrap heap the base commander looked to get rid of the whaler all beat up and cracked, and I volunteered to take it. I rebuilt it to new condition, but it took routing the chines and keel front to back down to the foam, and it sat draining and drying out for over a year.
Yea, I think the pool noodles are a much better idea, as it is not permanent.