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Originally Posted by Redneck
 one more for your list
#6 run a hose from the bottom of rod holders to bilge so foam won't get saturated with water |
Great suggestion Redneck. I put rubber pipe caps from Home Despot ( http://www.homedepot.com/p/1-1-2-in-...-101/100372302) on the bottom of my rod holders and I use a turkey baster to empty them if they get full. Same idea as the hoses. The idea is to NEVER let your foam get wet. A liquid gallon of water weigh's 8.344 lbs, and I can attest to the fact that I filled (5) 55 gallon drums with water saturated foam when I redid my deck and foam. If even one quarter of that foam was pure water that means I was carrying around an extra 573.65 lb.s of dead weight. (And probably more than that) The performance increase was noticeable. 
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Last edited by Destroyer; 03-16-2017 at 11:10 AM.
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