[Rhodes22-list] Bow floatation

[Lou Rosenberg]

Rob,

I am working on my interior now and have a similar issue.  Although 
my foam is not loose the bottom has two large holes which I can put 
my entire hand through.   The space you are referring to houses the 
water tank on my boat.
I have decided to plug any holes with styrofoam from packing as I 
have been warehousing foam for portlight and battery case use in my 
project boat.   The canned foam is really just enough for large 
cracks and using as contact cement for other loose foam.

I just finished glassing in a new starboard stringer and galley floor 
stringer.  Took all of 3 days just to dryfit , level and wet out each 
one at a time last weekend.
  Lou
  project boat " Miracles"



>I reported to the list some time ago that the foam floatation in the 
>bow of our boat (1976 model) was "loose" and had shifted so that it 
>was no longer level and certainly useless as a berth.  I finally got 
>around to addressing it over the weekend.  I took the plywood 
>covering off (after unscrewing to 50 odd screws holding the hinge 
>together).  The foam had shifted aft and the forward part was lower. 
>So, how to pick up the forward part and lift it?  I tried screwing 
>in a large bolt but that didn't hold.  I looked around and there is 
>the anchor rode sitting there in it's storage bucket.  I looped the 
>rode around the bow part of the foam and it lifted right up.  I 
>pushed the aft end forward as I lifted and the chunk of foam 
>rotated.  I could feel in pop back into place.  Roger (back when he 
>was on the list) suggested using "Great Stuff" or some other type of 
>expanding foam to "glue" the foam back into place and I plan to do 
>that.  What surprised me though is there is about an 8 inch gap 
>between the foam and wooden "bulkhead" (for lack of a better word, 
>someone know the correct term?). 
>
>So, what to do with this space?  I could fill it with foam, but that 
>would take probably 20 cans of spray in foam.  Or, buy the 
>two-part-mix-it-yourself-stuff pour in foam.  Or, maybe just use 2 
>by 8 blocking to keep the foam from shifting aft again.
>
>Any suggestions?  Anybody else's boat set up the same?  How is your 
>floatation foam set up?  thanks in advance
>
>Rob Lowe
>S/V Getaway
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