OK ... so I now have the peanuts ...

[Richard]

Following the excellent advise from this forum - Thank You all - I have abandoned the idea of spray expansion foam in the forward V-berth area of my Mac V 22 and have opted for the foam peanut suggestion which was recommended by several and endorsed by many.QUESTION: As I only want to pack and store this stuff once ... what suggestions do you have for a container within which to pack the peanuts and shove then into the voids. One of the original suggestions were plastic garbage bags. My fear is that they may develope rub spots or tears thereby compromising the water tight quality of the container - should I even worry about that? My neighbour suggested packing the peanuts into those heavy freezer food saver bags and sealing those - seems a little extreme (and expensive).I'm also thinkinhg of stuffing the void below the cockpit with the same method, so I would really appreciate your collective (or individual) wisdom.Ideas?ThanksRichard P.S. only +2 celsius and raining this a.m. on our side of the Rockies. Damn cold for sailing! Snowing this morning in Edmonton! Yuk

 

[Richard]

20 cube feet for $35

By the way - the peanuts were not expensive - $35 Cdn for 20 cubic feet. That's about the size of a tall 45 gallon drum.If I can maintain the 20 cube displacement (by using suitable containers, then I'll have 1250 lbs of lift. With a loaded boat weight of 3,000 lbs, that will give me roughly 40% bouyancy.

 

[Gregg]

Bag it

As for the bags that you might consider... Plastic burlaps type bags. They are usually used for livestock grain. Thos things are indistructable. Another option would be onion bags. They are a little smaller.

 

[mrbill]

let ' em breathe!

peanuts that is...I like the onion bag idea, or some poly type of bag. if it gets wet, it should dry out. the garbage bag will probably stay wet and smell.

 

[RichardL]

Change places?

Don't complain about the cold - right at the moment I would happily change locations with you. Two hurricanes gone through Central FL and a third one on the way!!!!! And all in a space of 30days!!!!!

 

[vwjon]

I hate

those peanuts. Why not go the Lindbergh route and use ping pong balls?

 

[Phil Benge]

Corn Starch Peanuts

Some of those packing peanuts are made out of corn starch. Make sure you don't buy and install those, since all you'll end up with is a sicky mess.Your cold weather pattern up north helped bring in some great wind on the Columbia River today - super sailing day!