That darn FOAM

[bksah2]

I hate having the foam in there, no mater how tight the boat water always makes its way to the foam and with all that water just sitting there its a recipe for rot the v20s of the 70s had very little foam,, todays boats are loaded with it, i would rather have wide open stringgers ,,bulkheads etc. so the air can freeflow throw and keep everything dry thats y i am going to rip out as much of the water soaked foam as i can and not replace it..I dont think it has any structural benefit except for reduceing sound ..if i were to sink i think the water soaked foam would take me down faster or maybe not