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zuunami · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 12:23 pm Post subject:

What I don't understand is why there is so much seemingly random foam in the berth, and even under the cockpit deck?

clayhubler · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 12:34 pm Post subject:

The foam under the v-berth is for floatation, but it is not required in boats 22 feet long.

The Scallywag c-dory is a 2008, which has a false floor in the cockpit to give a level surface to walk on. I suspect the foam there is to provide support for the false floor. Older boats do not have the false floor. The inside of the cockpit is the top surface of the hull, which is balsa core sandwhiched between the two laminates.

zuunami · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:23 pm Post subject:

ah, thanks you Hammerhead Smile

Do you know what year they started making it with the false floor?

clayhubler · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:28 pm Post subject:

Not for sure, I think it was around 2006

thataway · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 5:42 pm Post subject:

I had a 2006 boat with the removable two piece cockpit floor. The way it was molded, with a core, made any support from underneath unnecessary, The inner lip was about 1 1/2" and that sat on the inner bottom of the hull.