[Paddlewise] bulkhead advice

From: Product Information Department <pid_at_mec.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 08:32:03 -0700
A belated thanks to all those who offered advice on installing a new
bulkhead in my kayak. 
The idea for establishing the template shape from the outside (with
soldering wire) was worth the price of admission alone! I'd envisioned
bashing about inside the boat with cardboard - an almost literal example of
not being able to "think outside the box (boat?)". 
(This problem with totally linear thinking reminded me of why I'd starve as
a crook - I'd always been impressed with the sturdiness of "The Club" and
similar steering wheel locks, until I watched a news show that revealed the
bad guys don't dick around trying to cut through The Club - they just saw
through the flimsy wheel rim. You have to admire creative thinking, even
when it's in a bad cause!)
Anyway I continue to mull the bulkhead idea over. Thanks again. It's like
having my own personal brain trust and think tank to be able to tap into a
collective experience of decades!

Philip Torrens
"The opinions expressed in this posting are not necessarily those of my
employer, or indeed, of any sentient being." 



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