Inter hull drain
I have always had a question in my mind about the closed cell foam that is used in all boat hulls.
I had an old aluminum boat with the foam between the hull and wooden floor. The boat became very tong heavy, took the flooring out and discovered that the foam was water logged, removed it and the boat was several hundred pounds lighter.
Now you realize that over time the inter hull has to have some water seepage into it from various
sources but does not have the ability to evaporate, because of little air getting into the hull. Some drainage is possible but I wonder how much stays in the foam over time.
I had an inter hull drain installed and get several gallons of water out if I get a lot of splash over or rain, although I try to keep the boat covered.
Over all I LOVE my Triumph 210. CYa Mel
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