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Originally Posted by Skip
That is a pretty powerful requirement. Could you please provide me a link or reference a source to that requirement, I would very much like to read it directly from the source.
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Skip the only thing I have actually found is from the article codeman posted:
Flotation Becomes Law –Under 20’
"In the early 1980s – over 20 years after Dick Fisher showed the world that small boats could be unsinkable – the USCG made flotation a federal law for outboard boats 20-feet and under with engines over 2 horsepower. By that time most of Whaler’s competitors were using foam in their own hulls in order to compete, if for no other reason. But of course foam has other advantages as well and today virtually all builders of offshore outboard boats over 20 feet use as much foam as they can in the boats they build."
People on this forum have loosely interpreted this to mean unsinkable. My question continues to be when do we actually term that a boat has sunk? Is an aluminum skiff with the nose sticking out of the water "unsinkable" because it hasn't "gone to the bottom?" My post on another thread and the purpose of starting this thread was to clear up misinformation. For my personal purposes an aluminum skiff in the middle of the bay that has become partially submerged to the point that occupants are in the water has sunk. I believe that people coming here for information on purchasing a skiff or whaler or toon or whatever should be aware that there are differences in terms of hull performance in adverse conditions.