TIRE TUBES FOR FLOTATION???

[TaZ-n-Izzy]

@ 2.2 pounds per litre, divide the weight of the boat in lbs by 2.2 and that's the volume you need, plus a bit, in litres, less in salt water. (A litre is 10cm X 10 cm X 10 cm).
As a reference, an inner tube is a torus; approx. 50 litres in volume by my estimate. So if your boat weighs, say 4000 lbs, you will need 36 inner tubes*. (4000/ 2.2 / 50 ) Or the equivalent, neglecting lots of other things.

thnkx for those calculations......now let me get back to the drawing board!

where is my calc????

[TaZ-n-Izzy]

Welcome taZ-n-Izzy, beautiful boat btw, I sure wish I could have found that model. I love the lines of the 23 have fun with her.

yes shes a beauty, the PO was trying to make it a racer so it have a lots of mod that i will try to get that VN23 look back ( if you look in the pic is missing the pulpit and one of the fwdstay and there's a traveller in the cockpit )

But the 12v system its up and running, all lights where replace with leds and looks great

Take the advise with the foam and try to find the same type of blocks. I was missing some on my 22 and tried the type you get when you buy electronics for packing and it eventually starts coming apart and makes a mess. I just happen to get lucky and found blocks of it on the shoreline that came out from under docks at our lake. Luckily with our swing keels we can get right up to shore! The noodles could be an option till you get the right stuff so that was good advise.

im looking in trash dumpsters and found a few

[K9Kampers]

I onc started a project like that but after the first couple of tubes I was two tired!

[TaZ-n-Izzy]

I onc started a project like that but after the first couple of tubes I was two tired!

what happen??

[Russ]

I onc started a project like that but after the first couple of tubes I was two tired!

[sailboatmike]

I recon old lifejacket filling is the way to go.

Every boat I have ever bought (there has been MANY) has come with 3 or 4 old life jackets, I must have 15 or more sitting in my garage even after I have given / thrown a heap away.

I pulled one apart and its made up of layers of high density foam, each around 5mm (3/16") thick.

[seahouse]

I recon old lifejacket filling is the way to go.

Every boat I have ever bought (there has been MANY) has come with 3 or 4 old life jackets, I must have 15 or more sitting in my garage even after I have given / thrown a heap away.

I pulled one apart and its made up of layers of high density foam, each around 5mm (3/16") thick.

If you had ones as old as I've seen here, they used to be filled with kapok. Never owned one, but have seen some in really old boats. Ones like you would never want even touching your body.

[TaZ-n-Izzy]

. Ones like you would never want even touching your body.

Not even with a few oz of rum on your system

[TaZ-n-Izzy]

-=Update=-

found this huge Off Road Tire Inner Tubes ($35)




and in HD found this foam boards 4'x8'x2" @ $22.98=tax


the tire tube idea seems to be fading away...

now calculate how many boards i need for our boat (im filling every corner)

[TaZ-n-Izzy]

Driving around found this trash


wow free foam boards!!!!


my new lot of free foam

[seahouse]

Life's like that, good things come to people who wait!

Assuming, as above, a 4000 lb boat (you can substitute the actual weight), you need 1800 litres of volume, or 96 ft^3.

Each 4 X 8 X 2" sheet is about 5.3 ft^3 , so you will need to fit at least 18 sheets of foam in there somewhere.

Good luck Taz!

[TaZ-n-Izzy]

right in the highway


wow free foam boards!!!!

[TaZ-n-Izzy]

PPL look me weird when i ask them if i can grab those foam blocks from their trash


boommmm more foam!!! wooo hooooooooooo!!!

[TaZ-n-Izzy]

Each 4 X 8 X 2" sheet is about 5.3 ft^3 , so you will need to fit at least 18 sheets of foam in there somewhere.

Good luck Taz!

LUCK??? I NEED A MIRACLE LoL

[seahouse]

Keep in mind that that stuff (EPS) is flammable, so, once it's placed, you don't want it more exposed to that risk than it needs to be. In a house it has to be covered (like by drywall) to meet building codes. You can test a small piece with a match if you are in question about it.