I have inherited a Bailey Bridge Boat from my father and starting the rebuild process. Hopefully have it done in a year or 2 when my boys are old enough to go with me. For those not familiar this boat it is a 19' semi v with 60” flat in the bottom. Very heavily built aluminium boat.
Boat will be setup up for mainly night fishing local rivers and lakes here in central KY. It will have a 75hp hanging off the back which will top the boat out around 25mph fuly loaded. Plenty fast for me and my style of fishing.
Brings me to the question of foam. Boat has 4ish” tall ribs about 10” apart the length of boat that I could fill will foam pretty easy. For such a heavy built boat whats you're opinion for adding floatation. My father and I fished this boat in Cumberland, ky river, Herrington lake for years with zero issues.
Boat will be setup up for mainly night fishing local rivers and lakes here in central KY. It will have a 75hp hanging off the back which will top the boat out around 25mph fuly loaded. Plenty fast for me and my style of fishing.
Brings me to the question of foam. Boat has 4ish” tall ribs about 10” apart the length of boat that I could fill will foam pretty easy. For such a heavy built boat whats you're opinion for adding floatation. My father and I fished this boat in Cumberland, ky river, Herrington lake for years with zero issues.