Floatation Alternative
P.S.
I forgot to write what I think is the best alternative
floatation you can buy: 'Funoodles.' Get them at the toy
store, couple bucks a piece. It's the 16th best selling toy
in the USA.
They are a mass market version of the closed cell Ethafoam
they make kayak bulkheads with. 3" x about 5', round, they
float enough to boost the flesh of a 200# person, just like
a life jacket. I think that means they have about 30#
positive flotation each. Some have a hole down the middle,
some are solid. Come in many colors.
I've seen them used split and glued as wales along the
sheer. I've tied them on like fenders and made a nice,
safety orange, curved-corner coaming for my 'Cheapest Ever'
kayak. They're pretty durable.
They saw very nicely with a little, fine toothed back saw.
You could cut them to size and stuff them in the end
chambers with little dabs of glue between to hold it all together.
Mark
Kathleen O'Donnell wrote:
I forgot to write what I think is the best alternative
floatation you can buy: 'Funoodles.' Get them at the toy
store, couple bucks a piece. It's the 16th best selling toy
in the USA.
They are a mass market version of the closed cell Ethafoam
they make kayak bulkheads with. 3" x about 5', round, they
float enough to boost the flesh of a 200# person, just like
a life jacket. I think that means they have about 30#
positive flotation each. Some have a hole down the middle,
some are solid. Come in many colors.
I've seen them used split and glued as wales along the
sheer. I've tied them on like fenders and made a nice,
safety orange, curved-corner coaming for my 'Cheapest Ever'
kayak. They're pretty durable.
They saw very nicely with a little, fine toothed back saw.
You could cut them to size and stuff them in the end
chambers with little dabs of glue between to hold it all together.
Mark
Kathleen O'Donnell wrote:
> 1) What can be used for floatation besides expanding foam? i