michaeljoe

As far as the foam breaking stuff as it expands, I learned taht lesson a long time ago while filling in a hole behind some drywall... lol swelled out the wall like crazy. I wound up with a big mess. I was planning on epoxying the inside of the boat area, then adding the foam before she was all closed up. I didn't know that the foam would break down. I have been asking folks all over the place what the life expectancy of the Great stuff is, if they ever saw it deteriorate, etc. I suppose the coke bottle idea is a good one, and just pull them out & check for cracks every yr? I could put a few behind the aft bulhead in the transom, too, I guess. Not too hard to figure out how many bottles I would need for floatation, with a known volume! Thanks for all of the comments!

Just wondering if anyone else has thought of this or tried it..... I built several kayaks & sneak boats years ago, and used the "Ready Foam" expanding foam sealer. It's also sold as "Great Stuff", and used for sealing up air leaks in you house. I tested it on a 12 foot kayak first, and it floated with me in it and full of water. I used it in chamber I built into both ends of the boat, after the bottom and side panels were on. Just fill the area, let it swell & expand, then saw off the excess flush with where the deck will be.

Hey everybody. I just joined on here, looking around for more boatbuilding info, etc, and getting ready to start building a sailboat. Problem is, the one I really want to build is on stevproj.com & I can't get them to reply to me. I want to build a Weekender, which looks like a fast building, strong little boat. Are they out of businees or something? I was wanting to order plans, patterns & the DVD the website says they have. If anybody knows about them or has the plans & DVD for sale, I'd really appreciate the info. Fish on! MJT