Etheraldreamer
Be there and be square.
- Location
- Spring Hill, FL
I recently read a thread to which someone responded with xft using pop bottles in the hull with/instead of foam. my knee jerk reaction was to laugh. but as i thought about it more i think that is actually a really good idea. i know a lot of people run NO foam to cut weight. that also poses a much bigger risk of sinking the ski as if water does get in it fills the voids quickly and will let the ski go straight to the bottom istead of barely floating with the tail up like the foam lets it do. what about using pop bottles and then foaming around them? seems like that would be a lot less weight while giving even MORE bouyancy than the foam would (as its the air pockets in the foam that float and this is mostly all air). they are strong enough to hold up under the pressure...i was thinking maybe even of putting gatorade bottles (because they are a little more solid) in the voids and pouring foam around them so my ski doesnt sound like a maraca. what do you think about that idea?
lol i may even slap a small gatorade sticker on the boat if i do it as a small joke.
in short i think my WCF conversion is getting gatorade bottles in the foam unless someone convinces me otherwise.
lol i may even slap a small gatorade sticker on the boat if i do it as a small joke.
in short i think my WCF conversion is getting gatorade bottles in the foam unless someone convinces me otherwise.