Thread: Is my boat waterlogged?

Contact manufacturer and ask them what foam they used. My 1989 Tracker PF16 has closed cell sprayed in foam.
SeaArk is a top notch company and is known for their quality. They used to have a lifetime warranty on their hulls. Don't know their terms and limitations tho.

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Originally Posted by Kevin22

It wont be waterlogged unless it was stored outdoors, should be pretty easy to tell by the condition of the carpet/interior.

Id be more concerned that the hull is compromised from all the dents (welds cracking, supports bent, etc), and overall condition of the boat since it sounds like the guy obviously didn't care about the boat much if he put large dents in it multiple times.

If the interior looks bad, then yeah you probably need to do a full restoration here.... pull the flooring and replace if needed. Pull all the foam out and beat the dents back out of it along with checking all the support ribs and welds. Then put new flooring down and some new foam (for noise dampening mostly) and new carpet. It is a HUGE job and not one you are going to do in a couple hours on a saturday. If you get into it and find damage, you'll need to find someone who can weld alum and fix that as well.

The carpet is original and not in bad shape. He claimed it was always garage kept but lied about some other things so who knows..

Closed cell foam should be fine

Give a call to SeaArk, they are a tuff boat with hull warranty. They are in Arkansas. Worth your time to give them a call.

Or maybe it’s not waterlogged? If it only does it under acceleration and not while fishing or at low speeds, could it be a trim tab or bent skeg? Not sure if those would cause a hard lean tho

Does the boat have trim tabs?

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

Does the boat have trim tabs?

I adjusted the trim gave yesterday, hopping to take it out on Sunday and see if it helped