Sorry for the delay in my response. Before I replied, I wanted to conduct some "research". You aren't the first to express concern over waterlogged and sinking v-boards. I've never had them in the water for more than hours while using them. For my research, I put two v-board assemblies in a pond on Friday morning with the intent of leaving them there for a couple days and monitoring the result. As it worked out, I wasn't able to get back there until this morning. So this morning, after four days in the water, the assemblies were floating just fine. However, I would not recommend leaving the in the water, especially if the silhouettes are a plywood laminate. I also would not recommend storing v-boards outside, mine are stored in a shed and were very dry. I also have spray painted the arms of the v-boards on three sides to hopefully camouflage and make them blend better with the water, but that wouldn't seal them. I hope that helps answer your question.
@@hookedonquack perfect thank you! I want to run my divebombs out there but was worried about it sinking. Would you say cheap pine would work the best or what kind do you use?
I hope. I built the v-boards and silhouettes to use with my floaters and build numbers. Since I built them, NY state messed with our daily limits. The regular season and late season daily limit in my area and most of the state is 1 goose/day which makes it hardly worth the effort. Our early September limit is still good, though. When I built them, I had visions of making a video of them in use but that hasn't happened yet. Hopefully, I can get better documentation this year.
Awesome video thank you! I would love if you would share your technical drawings with me. I'm trying to bulk my spread a bit more. i shoot Mallard, Canadian geese and Paridise ducks at lake ellesmere New Zealand. unfortunately the university budget doesn't allow for purchasing masses of floaters
