MC: I put the floatation back in my M15--the previous owner had removed it. I contacted Jerry Montgomery and he said 10 cubic feet of foam would do it. So I filled up most of the locker in the bow and then put some sheets of it along the sides under the cockpit. I hardly know it's there. --Gary Hyde M15 #235 'Vanilla' N24 'Sailabration' On Monday, February 16, 2004, at 12:33 PM, MC wrote:
I did see an almost sunk container of the coast of Ft Lauderdale a few years back. it was drifting in the gulf stream about a foot out of the water, I heard it fell off a China container ship .. Hitting that in the darkness would be , well it might just ruin that evening? Apparently Asia vessels do not need or want to lock the containers together some how.
That foam idea sounds like it would be the insurance against sinking if it would not take up the whole interior. Would air bladders work, like inflatable water tanks. How much boat can be float with each gallon container of air? any one know
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