Anything as far as bouyancy? Can I have too much bouyancy? I am planning on using 55 gallon plastic drums filled with expanding foam.Is there anything that I need to consider when building a pontoon boat?
will it float? how about when you add 10 people to the deck?
what are you making the deck out of? what hp engine? what type of seating?Is there anything that I need to consider when building a pontoon boat?
yes there is.
a 55 gallon drum has about 400 #s of flotation.
(55 * 7.5 - weight of the drum)
if you were to use 4 of them, one at each corner of your boat, and you put 5 people in one corner, your boat would be in trouble, to say the least.
at worst, it could top over.
if this is a real project, you need to put a railing inside the outline of the drums such that it's not possible that 1 single drum will come anywhere close to having to support the entire weight of all of the occupants of the boat.
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