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<blockquote data-quote="xbacksideslider" data-source="post: 250736" data-attributes="member: 8051"><p>Do U.S. Coast Guard maximum capacities matter? Obviously, at some point too much weight is too much. It seems as if they are sort of like the 55MPH speed limit . . . . yet at some point too much speed is too much. </p><p></p><p>What about the weight that we add with our modifications? and are we overloaded when we then put two or three people and their gear into our modified boat?</p><p></p><p>Is there a rule of thumb? 150%?</p><p></p><p>Also, what about removing that inside the seat floatation styrofoam? In my mod, by volume, I replaced more styrofoam than that that I removed. I replaced it with sheet styrofoam glued under the new fore deck, facing the seat bulkheads, and by placing it below my new floor boards. What about the fact that much of the new replaced foam resides lower, relative to the center of gravity of the boat, than before?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xbacksideslider, post: 250736, member: 8051"] Do U.S. Coast Guard maximum capacities matter? Obviously, at some point too much weight is too much. It seems as if they are sort of like the 55MPH speed limit . . . . yet at some point too much speed is too much. What about the weight that we add with our modifications? and are we overloaded when we then put two or three people and their gear into our modified boat? Is there a rule of thumb? 150%? Also, what about removing that inside the seat floatation styrofoam? In my mod, by volume, I replaced more styrofoam than that that I removed. I replaced it with sheet styrofoam glued under the new fore deck, facing the seat bulkheads, and by placing it below my new floor boards. What about the fact that much of the new replaced foam resides lower, relative to the center of gravity of the boat, than before? [/QUOTE]
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