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Seeking: Flotation
By:Tom Larson
Date: 11/4/2015, 4:09 pm

Alright, I've got a question I have no flotation in my new boat if I filled it full of water in the lake will it sink ?? It is wood encapsulated in fiberglass, does that count for any flotation? It weights in at about 44 pounds.

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Seeking: Flotation
Tom Larson -- 11/4/2015, 4:09 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/4/2015, 4:15 pm
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Tom Larson -- 11/4/2015, 4:26 pm
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Paul Montgomery -- 11/4/2015, 10:52 pm
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Bob Johns -- 11/5/2015, 5:48 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 11/6/2015, 8:31 am
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Jeff Horton -- 11/5/2015, 8:40 am
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JohnK -- 11/4/2015, 6:20 pm