[Rhodes22-list] Bow floatation

[thescubatank at cox.net]

Lou,

I feel your pain.  I have just finished glassing in the starboard floor stringer this past weekend.  Two weekends ago I put in the port floor stringer.  A new settee upright, and the short bulkhead between the galley/settee area and the V Berth.  Hopefully this weekend I will have the floor,the galley, and the settee back in.  

Steve,
S/V Ad Astra 
> 
> From: Lou Rosenberg <lsr3 at MAIL.nyu.edu>
> Date: 2006/04/18 Tue PM 01:53:30 EDT
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bow floatation
> 
> 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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