Thread: Flotation opinions

I wouldn’t think so I have one that way earlier this year while I was redo to carpet on the decks Disney hurt it


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I would keep it covered. If it is older flotation it will be open cell therefore it absorb water. No sense in trapping moisture/ water under the deck

It should be made to get wet. It is a boat after all.

That said a lot of that older foam tends to get a little porous with age and tough to dry out, so I would keep it as dry as possible.

I tore the floor out of a 1988 Grummond and the flotation foam was totally saturated. I could squeeze water out of it like a sponge. I removed it and poured in new two part flotation foam.

Originally Posted by spartannation

I tore the floor out of a 1988 Grummond and the flotation foam was totally saturated. I could squeeze water out of it like a sponge. I removed it and poured in new two part flotation foam.

I had the same experience on the boat I reworked

I would keep it covered, Lund has their flotation foam lined in plastic on there older boats so it didn't absorb water as bad.
The one I had apart still had some water logged foam, that stuff is heavy and will never dry out,I ended up replacing some of it,this was in a 2005 fisherman, easy way to check is with a hollow core drill bit,mine was soaked about a 1/3 to 1/2 up from the bottom....the top looked fine.