[Rhodes22-list] V berth floatation

[Rob Lowe]

Todd and MJM,
Thanks for the tips.  Agreed, the current foam is not going to do much good
until the boat is mostly submerged.  I found the Defender product that you
mentioned.  Looks like I'll be re-pouring mine sometime.  What's in there is
completely free to move around.

Rob Lowe
S/V Getaway

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Tavares" <sprocket80 at mail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] V berth floatation


>
>    Rob,
>    MJM is on the right track here. The foam should have been attached or
>    somehow trapped and kept from lifting. If it floated out of the
>    v-berth area when the boat started to sink, it wouldn't offer much
>    flotation until it hit the cabin ceiling. If the foam is not
>    waterlogged, you could shave the aft end back down to level. But it
>    would probably be better to just remove the old foam and pour new foam
>    in place. Defender sells the two-part mix and pour flotation foam.
>    Roger and another Rhodie had replaced their v-berth foam. Defender
>    sells the two-part mix and pour foam. Go to the archives for Sept 2000
>    and search by subject "v-berth flotation"
>    [1]http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2002-September/subj
>    ect.html
>
>    Todd
>
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: "Michael Meltzer"
>    Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:37:54 -0400
>    To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
>    Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] V berth floatation
>    > attached, otherwise is not doing much, I guess the question ius how
>    much shifted, du to age and water log issues, if you think you
>    > need to fix it than repour the stuff.
>    >
>    > MJM
>    >
>    > ----- Original Message -----
>    > From: "Rob Lowe"
>    > To: "Rhodes List"
>    > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 11:20 AM
>    > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] V berth floatation
>    >
>    >
>    > The floatation in my V berth has shifted (well, floated at one time)
>    and is no longer level. The aft part is higher than the
>    > forward part. Anyone have any thoughts on how to pull up the forward
>    part so I can level it? Should the floatation be loose or
>    > somehow attached to the hull? Thanks
>    >
>    > Rob Lowe
>    > S/V Getaway
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