Will a flooded Rickter Float or Sink???

JKMike

JKMike

Location
Annapolis, Maryland
Hey yaw,

I have my first AM hull on order, a Rickter Carbon XFR, and have been wondering about something. In the event of a worse case scenario, and your Rickter is flooded, will it still somewhat float on its own or will it sink entirely?
 
JKMike

JKMike

Location
Annapolis, Maryland
Yea i was pretty sure the XFS Ninja didnt have any foam in the tray, but I'm not sure about the XFS Carbon Core. I will have to double check with Taylor but I believe they do foam the tray on the XFR.
Anyone try to sink an XFR before?

How about the Edge?
 
JKMike

JKMike

Location
Annapolis, Maryland
KMN said:
It was very close. If it wasn’t for my friends quick response it would have disappeared.
I was hanging onto the handlebar fighting to keep it from sinking, it was fully submerged and 3-4 feet under at this point.
Great friends were made that day.
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Well glad you didn't loose your ski. Looks like i will be adding extra foam wherever i can during this build. lol
 
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Sopsurfer

Location
Olympic peninsula
JKMike said:
Well glad you didn't loose your ski. Looks like i will be adding extra foam wherever i can during this build. lol
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I've filled the nose of my fr2 with foam pool noodles and any other place that makes sense like under the b pipe ECT. I don't know if it help but it can't hurt.
 
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Quinc

Quinc

Buy a Superjet
Location
California
Fill the whole thing with pool noodles. Then cut some noodles in half long ways and glue them to the underside of your hood so you dont lose that either. It might not keep it from sinking, but should buy you some extra time to save it.
 
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Sopsurfer

Location
Olympic peninsula
Quinc said:
Fill the whole thing with pool noodles. Then cut some noodles in half long ways and glue them to the underside of your hood so you dont lose that either. It might not keep it from sinking, but should buy you some extra time to save it.
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Good call on the hood. I noticed my hood had escaped the latch the other day. The latch was still latched and locked but the hood had somehow gotten unhooked from the latch. The straps saved me I suppose. I was riding a river weir and surfing it. Maybe the handle pole crashed hard enough to compress the hood seal and dislodge it.
 
MADMAT

MADMAT

Location
Ohio
WOW! This is news to me!! WTH no way man!!!! We all know these skis NEED to friggin float or at least be neutrally buoyant.

I am blown away here. NO reason in the world why a ski should not float.
 
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Storbeck

Location
Minnesota
I'm doubtful there is any hull at all that will float if completely swamped, not even a stock superjet.

Picture your ski floating in the water, all of the volume of the ski that is under water, (usually it's just about everything below the bond line) that is the volume needed to float it. No hull has that much foam.

Even when they're swamped there are a bunch of little spots where a little bit of air gets trapped, combined with whatever foam or flotation you have, that's what saves you, but it's really just slowing down the sinking, eventually it will sink.

I have never actually tried it though so maybe I'm wrong, but I think it would be smart to make sure your hood is REALLY on there avoid finding out.
 
bored&stroked

bored&stroked

Urban redneck
Location
AZ
MADMAT said:
WOW! This is news to me!! WTH no way man!!!! We all know these skis NEED to friggin float or at least be neutrally buoyant.

I am blown away here. NO reason in the world why a ski should not float.
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Seriously?
Theres a great reason why a flooded ski won't float. Namely a few hundred pounds. Aftermarket hulls don't do foam to save weight and money and because...well I have no idea really. But its up to each guy building out that empty hull.
 
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