Aquasport Surmerged

[aquasport1]

I have a 1989 17ft Osprey.  I was unaware when I purchased the boat that it had been submerged in water.  Will the foam in this 1989 model absorb water or is it close cell foam?  If I wanted to cut some inspection holes in the deck can someone give me measurements as where the foam in located.

[RickK]

Welcome aboard aquasport1  :!:  :!:
So how did you find out that it had been submerged?

[aquasport1]

The man I bought it from had not changed the title in his name so when I sent the paperwork off to have it transferred to me Motorboat registration informed me that it was still in a previous owners name.  I called him and he told me that the Coast Guard called him to inform him of the sinking because it was still in his name.  The man a tied it to a yacht and the yacht sunk and pulled it down with it.

[RickK]

That's too bad.
As for the foam, you can bet it was and still is waterlogged.  :cry:
I can only tell you where the foam was in my 170 , which is 18 years older than yours, so not going to be totally accurate.  It was everywhere except the very aft in front of the engine. You can browse through through some of the rebuilds on the newer hulls and you'll see that the stringers are usually foamed inside, the areas outboard of the main stringers are foamed - just about everywhere including some in the fuel tank area.

[wingtime]

I think the big question is how long was it submerged?  Was it just for a few hours?  or Days?  I wonder if you can find any records the Coast Guard may have on it.

[orb]

I think it will depend on the foam. I have a 98' sundance that is foam filled. It was submerged. The bottom of the hull was delimainting, with several holes through to the foam. There was no water in the foam. If it was mine, I would find someway to access the foam and cut out a small section, fairly deep into the foam, to see if it is holding water. I would guess if there is water in one spot, all the foam is probably wet.
If the hull is in fairly good shape, the floor is not soft or rotted, I would look into trying to dry out the foam. I HAVE NEVER TRIED THIS. Others may say this cannot be done, and they may be right, but I would at least look into it before I ripped up the floor. If the foam is porous enough to absorb water, I would think that you could evaporate the water out of it.
If you could get air to flow under the deck, push air in with a heater, like a kerosene blow heater, and have a an outlet, where the moist warm air could escape, you might can dry it out. I have seen this done in flooded houses. It might work. I try crazy things sometimes, and sometimes they work.

[seabob4]

AS1,
You may want to query the guys over on continuouswave, Whaler owner's site.  Although they may be un-sinkable, Whaler's are notorious for absorbing water in the foam...

[jdupree]

I have a 1989 17ft Osprey.  I was unaware when I purchased the boat that it had been submerged in water.  Will the foam in this 1989 model absorb water or is it close cell foam?  If I wanted to cut some inspection holes in the deck can someone give me measurements as where the foam in located.

Hello sir.  My name is John Dupree and I think that is my old boat you are talking about.  Are you in the Morehead area?

[GoneFission]

Talk about a blast from the past!  I think I remember this!  Do a search on the this site and I think you will find a link to the event somewhere...

[Capt. Bob]

Start here.

viewtopic.php?p=15909#p15909

[GoneFission]

You found it CB!  

[Mike453]

AS1 How was the boat when you bought it, Did you buy it as salvage or did the guy tell you it's "perfect"

[gran398]

You found it CB!  

Wow....and the next post below says  "Maybe it will show up here in the future in the rebuild section."

Wow.....

[aquasport1]

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You found it CB!  

Wow....and the next post below says  "Maybe it will show up here in the future in the rebuild section."

Wow.....

No I don't have time to repair it.  Know anyone who may want to purchase it.  It is a good looking boat, stern has been replaced and the boat looks real good.  That is why I purchased it.  I just purchased it from a crook in Durham Nothh Carolina that builds fiberglass boats.

[GoneFission]

It may be OK, as it was just a buoy for the sunk sailboat it was tied to, but that's another story...  

How about some pics?  What do you want for her?  You could list her for sale in the Classifieds forum - the 170 models are pretty popular!