Have really enjoyed this fourm lots of good info Am still looking at used boats Our old fiberglass Mohawk had flotation sealed in each end was unsinkable I think Have not found any boats around here al, plastic, or glass with flotation This is probably dumb question but anyone ever hear of adding flotation like a chunk of styrofoam sealed some where in boat ? Actually I have probably a 1000 hours in canoe travel and never flipped but I am older now and need to think of safety. Thanks for any help David
floatation
Royalex floats by itself. Bluehole canoes used formed foam in the ends, and Grumman/Marathon still uses foam in the ends. There are also air-bags of all sizes for floatation.
Examples
NRS sells these
http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product_list.asp?deptid=1215
Mikey has (arguably) the best outfitting.
http://www.mikeyeeoutfitting.com/
There are others but that’s the general idea.
my grumman double ender had
flotation in both stems but I wanted to use it to practice self rescue. I purchased a broken floatation bouy from a building supply place. it was huge, so big i had to cut it in half to use it. I tied it in between the two thwarts and had a ball with the boat after that.