Skipper good idea How about an air bag that can be inflated if necessary. Such as a auto air bag or inflatable life jacket. When the buoyancy is not needed is doesn't use up real estate. Must be something like that around. I will goggle it.
Captain James A Sadler skipper sailing vessel Pelican On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 4:41 PM, RKGraves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kendall, > > On our M15 (factory original) the group 24 battery box and battery were > mounted under the vberth plywood cover, with the Styrofoam fitted around the > box as best as possible; making our 15 to have less floatation and 30 lbs > more weight than yours. My guess is the amount of Styrofoam added for > positive floatation is approximate. It makes sense to me that this area > would be a great place to store your anchor, as you want to get the weight > as forward as possible. > > The previous owner of our M17 filled every available storage area with a > similar Styrofoam as the 15. So much Styrofoam that when removed it filled > the interior of our 3/4 ton van. Even now, 3 years later, I still find bits > and pieces of Styrofoam here-and-there. I'm not sure you could put enough > Styrofoam into a 17 to make it positive floatation, but it sure made for > clean storage compartments once it was all removed! > > Randy Graves > M17 #410 > > ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: M_Boats: Moving/Removing of some Styrofoam > > Kendall replying to Gary and Doug, > > Thanks for your input. > > About the foam. I certainly don't wish to lower the value of the Monty. > I wasn't looking to expand the area, only replace the area Jerry had > already placed Styrofoam. If I filled the cavity in the bow (filled in the > space where there are gaps between the chunks of Styrofoam) I think I would > gain enough room to use the area normally screwed closed, forward of the > potty area, as storage for my anchor and rode. > > So my new question is...If I pass on the spray foam idea, can I remove > 1.4cubic feet of Styrofoam from the forward compartment and be okay? Can I > relocate it to another location, maybe hot glue it to the bottom of my cabin > floor above the bilge? That way it would still be there...centered, out of > the way, just aft of normal. > > What does everybody think? > > Kendall > M-15 #164 > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
