Do boats REALLY sink ?????

[MAC11]

Some boat makers claim that there boats are "FOAM FILLED" (20' < / > class boats, Cape Craft,Key Largo,Clearwater,Key West), pursuant to coast guard regs.. So does this mean they wont sink.... to the bottom ?? Will they really just hover below the surface if completely swamped ?? assuming they are loaded with 'normal' gear, cooler,fishing gear, anchor etc.. nothing that exceeds the weight limit of the boat

 

[Pierutrus]

Re: Do boats REALLY sink ?????

Buy one and find out!

 

[ziggy]

Re: Do boats REALLY sink ?????

i hope to never know for a fact about my boat, or any other for that matter. here's a pic of what mine supposed to do when flooded.... and yep, it's foam filled...
http://www.aristocraftboats.com/fiberglassbrochures/Incomparable19page4.pdf

 

[MAC11]

Re: Do boats REALLY sink ?????

I suppose that's better than on the bottom.

 

[Pierutrus]

Re: Do boats REALLY sink ?????

YUP, that's called swamped....You got about another 10 minutes!

 

[JB]

Re: Do boats REALLY sink ?????

At lease one, Boston Whaler, will stay afloat fully swamped with rated load aboard. I have personally experienced this. I drove the boat out from under the water and then dry.

USCG regs require a boat to have enough flotation to avoid going to the bottom if fully swamped. Many makers interpret this as "unsinkable" and play the "me too" game. Some, like BW, offer about five times the flotation required by USCG. Those I would truly call unsinkable.

Research such claims.

 

[Coors]

Re: Do boats REALLY sink ?????

And, rebuilding an old '88 4winns, with rotten foam. the article I read about a boat is more stable (if swamped) if the floatation is in the gunnels, seems better each day.

 

[Solittle]

Re: Do boats REALLY sink ?????

And then there was the factory that built the Titanic - - - - They claimed - - -

 

[NSBCraig]

Re: Do boats REALLY sink ?????

And, rebuilding an old '88 4winns, with rotten foam. the article I read about a boat is more stable (if swamped) if the floatation is in the gunnels, seems better each day.

That's something to think about seeing how I'm redoing my boat