New to this site and New to the V-20

[Bpitz15]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

People are amazed at the fact that the foam holds water... but it does. After a while it absorbs huge amounts of water, which equals huge amounts of extra weight. When I redid my soft deck floor I discovered that all the foam under the deck was completely saturated with water. We filled several 40 gal Brute garbage cans with the water filled foam. Never weighed them, but I can attest to the fact that they were VERY heavy carrying them out to the curb on garbage day. I'm guessing that I got rid of 200-300 lbs easy. That's like an extra adult riding in your boat.

My wallet just cringed!

[phatdaddy]

thanks bp, but after 30 years of use & abuse, i'm pretty sure salt water has been everywhere on this boat.
on a bright note, i'm only about 140 miles from perry, fl, so if i need a new tank, i can save a little on shipping

[Bpitz15]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

thanks bp, but after 30 years of use & abuse, i'm pretty sure salt water has been everywhere on this boat.
on a bright note, i'm only about 140 miles from perry, fl, so if i need a new tank, i can save a little on shipping

Yeah it was $125 for shipping to MA for me so, you would be saving quite a bit !

[Bpitz15]

Couple more purchases made...

Ordered:

- Cobra MR F55 Fixed Mount VHF Radio
- Shakespeare 8' VHF antenna w/ mount.
- 2 new deck plates for my gas tank panel
- Todd Anglers Insulated Cooler Seat (http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?...170&id=1972735)

All from defender marine. Cant wait to pick them up this weekend and get them installed next week!