tallpauly

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hey all I ve got a dumb question, I just rebuilt my aeromarine avenger and upon reinstalling the pool noodles for flotation.... How do you get them to stay tight to the side of the boat without any glue? is there a brace that they make? also who knew these things came in different sizes,, The boat had ones in it that fit the round cut out perfectaly but I wanted to change colors and I found big diamiter and small,, but not what was in it?? thanks for any help Paul

team esp

I've seen people glue and silicone them in place before. I prefer to cinch a zip-tie (cable-tie, tie-wrap, or whatever you want to call them) around them and secure them through a hole placed in my stringers. This way you can cut the zip-tie and pull them out if you need to. A few years ago I started adding another tie-wrap to the motor mount. After seeing several hulls separate at speed and pool noodles floating while a hull sank, I decided I wanted to secure them to everything important.

apache 1

I use water wings. Stick them in and inflate until tthey are nice and tight. perf......

rcguy1411

not what you use when you go get you boat LOL

Johnnysplits

On my avenger pro, I bought a sleeping bag mat. Its like a very dense waterproof 1/2"foam sheet. I just cut pieces to fit and use black silicone to glue them in place. It looks a lot nicer and you dont lose any space in the hull. I do have pool noodles installed from the bulkead to the nose.

exotica

...use a good quality Velcro. Works great and makes for an easy removal job if need be.

ByronRC

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On my boats Just cut the pool noodles a little larger than the space provided and wedge them in. Only on the cowl do I glue them in.

Johnnysplits, when are you gonna run with me and the Dartman?

R.J.acker

ive done alot of roll bar padding for racecars and you can sand on that stuff to make a custom fit a 90 deg. air sander and a medium grade pad works great............the velcro sounds like a great idea
R.J.acker