Interesting Thread
Reality is, Macgregor built (builds) fairly light boats. Light enough that they can easily ship sufficient foam to keep them afloat in the event of a hull breach. Heavier boats, like a Compac 23, can't. You'd be falling all over it, or outa luck to even store a single bathing suit aboard. Cheesy? Not! Many small boats have flotation chambers to keep them afloat in case of capsize. A Macgregor is a small boat. For the cost of only a few bucks why shouldn't the manufacturer put it in? For the sake of not storing a ton more crap aboard than necessary, why noit leavfe it in? We sail extended cruises of 2 weeks, all the time. We're considering a much longer cruise/ liveaboard situation. Even then, I would choose to take less crap rather than remove the foam.
Reality is, Macgregor built (builds) fairly light boats. Light enough that they can easily ship sufficient foam to keep them afloat in the event of a hull breach. Heavier boats, like a Compac 23, can't. You'd be falling all over it, or outa luck to even store a single bathing suit aboard. Cheesy? Not! Many small boats have flotation chambers to keep them afloat in case of capsize. A Macgregor is a small boat. For the cost of only a few bucks why shouldn't the manufacturer put it in? For the sake of not storing a ton more crap aboard than necessary, why noit leavfe it in? We sail extended cruises of 2 weeks, all the time. We're considering a much longer cruise/ liveaboard situation. Even then, I would choose to take less crap rather than remove the foam.