Filling Hollow Pontoons with Foam

[badboymonk]

My pontoon boat rides a little too low in the water and was wondering if I filled the hollow pontoon floats with foam, would it make it float higher?

 

[Shamus O'toole]

Re: Filling Hollow Pontoons with Foam

I could be wrong but I would think filling them with foam would add extra weight making it ride lower in the water.

 

[bitterboater]

Re: Filling Hollow Pontoons with Foam

Any thing you add to a boat will add weight to it.


Have you checked for drain plugs in the tubes? Possible cracks or separations might be causing water intrusion.

 

[crspang]

Re: Filling Hollow Pontoons with Foam

I could be wrong but I would think filling them with foam would add extra weight making it ride lower in the water.

+1
Added weight = lower ride

To the op, two options to achieve a higher ride are lesson weight on boat or add a third toon.

 

[lmuss53]

Re: Filling Hollow Pontoons with Foam

+2 The foam can not be lighter than the air it will displace. Check for water in your tubes. If there is none you could consider a project like mine here.

http://www.pdbmagazine.com/fusetalk/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=90&threadid=24444&enterthread=y