1969 Mustang

IF...you replace all the flooring then I would definitely pour new foam. If you are stripping it that far down, definitely look at the stringers.

My opinion on the whole to foam or not to foam question. First off always remove the old original foam, if its not full of water now it will be soon. Its got to go. Structurally you will never miss it, the foam is not keeping your hull from collapsing and isn't holding up your floor unless you have serious problems with one or the other. It does deaden the sound of waves slapping against the hull though. Should you pour new foam in, thats a double edged sword, it takes time and money and even though the new stuff is closed cell I still dont like the idea that its down there and can trap water in spaces and keep water from traveling smoothly and easily to the drain holes. However I have had to recover boats that sank while tied to the dock a few times (have a nice video of one on the computer but so far I haven't been able to get it smaller than 50 meg), the ones with positive floatation that keep the cylinders and heads above the water are a lot more fun to recover than those that are sitting with the prop and hull on the ground. I now have enough time and effort into this engine that I plan on having enough floatation to keep the engine mostly dry even when both plugs are out

This is bigwavedave admitting that I can't figure out how to respond to all you guys who have written me in regard to my original notice. If this happens to work, somebody let me know! Thanks, bwd

Thanks BKH! I'll learn this yet!
Bigwavedave