Can I take foam out of the bench seats in my boat

[Clarkman]

Hey everyone I have a 4.9m clark abalone and it was a ex rescue boat it has bench seats along the sides up the front and along the back and was wondering if I pulled the foam out of one and turned it into storage wether it would effect anything ?

[FishHunter]

Yes you would have 1 less seat.

[Clarkman]

Ok so it wouldn't affect it's ride at all ?

[Shark Poker]

From your description, and as long as you do not modify the alum structure, no harm would be done. Go for it.
You will have less flotation....
Pauly

[Dicko]

You have to ask yourself, Why is the foam there ?
If the answer is Flotation, and you don't need or want the benefits of the flotation in the event of a swamping etc, then yep. cut it out.