DS Flotation

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DS Flotation

Postby Guest » Tue Apr 28, 1998 12:00 am

Do all DS have built in flotation that keeps the boat from sinking should it capsize or fill with water?

Jim Trinisewski (jjtrin-at-enter.net)
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Postby Guest » Thu Apr 30, 1998 12:00 am

Yes. I am not sure about the oldest DSs with the wooden seats but I am sure even they have some sort flotation bags of foam installed.

See my reply in the 'Self-Rescuing' thread.

Keith Bay (kabay-at-execpc.com)
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Postby Guest » Tue Jul 21, 1998 12:00 am

I removed the soggy wet styrofoam floation from inside the seats and the bow tank last winter. It weighed 50 pounds!!! I've heard of it weighing as much as 100. I put a 6 inch "inspection" port in each tank and have been stuffing empty plastic Coke and Gatorade bottles in them all season.

Jerry Plante (Jerry.Plante-at-veritas.com)
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Postby Guest » Mon Jul 27, 1998 12:00 am

Jerry,

How does the water get in there? My DS I has an opening with a stopper in it on the bottom front of each seat. (By front I mean facing the mast) Each time I take a stopper out considerable water drains out, but I can't figure where it is coming from. The boat yard guy says it gets in through the stoppers, but if that's the case, then why have them at all?

Steve

Steve Max (75264.153-at-compuserve.com)
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Postby Guest » Sat Aug 22, 1998 12:00 am

Where do I get a "stopper" for the front of the seat air chamber? 1972 Daysailer in Mississippi.

Mike McClellan (sdmmlm-at-cruisenet.net)
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