Kendall;
Yet one more idea.
I cut and fit the Styrofoam in the forward compartment to about 2 inches
around the hatch opening, then built a liner to hold the Styrofoam in place
out of plastic, closed-cell packing material. The kind of stuff used to
cushion computers during shipment. I glued the liner pieces together and
fit them into place to form a box. Worked well. As I recall, after cutting
and fitting the Styrofoam, there were just a couple of small pieces leftover
from the original stash. Not enough to matter.
Don
M15-248
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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 1.4
cubic 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
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