Re: Foam Flotation

Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 09:00:57 -0800

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>>Judy,
>>Re your idea to put a couple of noodles on the cockpit rails and put
>>covers on them. IM already offers these. Includes split foam tubes
>>with double-backed tape on the cut edge and sunbrella covers with a
>>velcro joint. Works great & is very reasonable cost. Call Scott.
>
>I'm not sure that the foam in the "noodles" are closed cell. I have bought
>what looks like the IM "noodles" at Home Depot, it was called pipe wrap.
>
>Larry

I have a piece of the foam pipe wrap and put it in water yesterday to see
if it acted like a sponge. It didn't, so I presume it is closed cell. I
don't know about the noodles, but they are pool toys so should be closed
cell.

I had also been thinking about using the noodles. On my boat I could put
them in the cabin under the side decks. They would hide the screws from my
rubrail and provide some up-high flotation.

Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA