Flotation Foam

[sanger]

Hey guys,

It seems my boats previous owner decided that he would rather sink his boat if he ever got into trouble and when i had it serviced recently they told me that all the flotation foam had been removed. As its not exactly a gun offshore boat at 4.8m id like to put some flotation back into it as i want to feel safe when i head offshore. (no dont worry i have no plans to take it to heatons)

I have searched the forums and the interweb to see if i can find any information about floatation foam and to be honest there isnt exactly a wealth of information out there.

I know im looking for a user install (to keep the price sane), closed cell (so as not to hold water), fuel stable product. Obviously im certainly hoping it will never come in contact with fuel anyway but i'd like the piece of mind.

So i guess what im asking is doess anyone have any great ideas where to get such a product from?

Does anyone have any tips with instalation like where its best installed or how? I have some space at the front middle and aft of the boat under the floor and also have a large amount of room under the gunnels if i need the extra volume. Im kinda hoping that it might calm down a bit of extra noise but thats definitely not the driving factor.

Im probably looking for about 1m+ ish cubed in volume at a guess but that depends how much floatation it provides i suppose.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Craig

[sanger]

Hmmmm ok.... my faith in the interweb has been somewhat restored after finding the right keywords i've found this little gem.

http://www.nmsc.gov.au/media/pages_m...date_nov11.pdf

Would still love to know how others have tackled this situation though.

[Geoff]

Hmmmm ok.... my faith in the interweb has been somewhat restored after finding the right keywords i've found this little gem.

http://www.nmsc.gov.au/media/pages_m...date_nov11.pdf

Would still love to know how others have tackled this situation though.

Foam is mainly used in packaging so if you have not already tried , search "foam packaging" or "packaging suppliers"

Most companies make to specific design but they should be someone who has blocks & will cut to size.

There is also the liquid version "liquid foam"

The advantage of liquid it will flow into & form any shape you require.

Also , Unable to get the web site to work.

Geoff