Geez folks, it looks like I started a growing new thread by accident! My only point to Alex, was that there is much to be said for bulkhead free boats if they have proper airbags. If a boat has very thin bukheads, I don't see any problem. But even light bulkheads and hatches have to add (I'm guessing) about 5 pounds including glue, epoxy (and cloth if used), wood, and the hatches themselves. Alex wondered about the contents in the boat, well this doesn't have to be a problem. You can use dry bags for most stuff, and small plastic boxes (ie. Pelican) for the awkwardly shaped or sharp stuff. As far as shifting, I haven't taken any expeditions yet, but I think you could easily place all the stuff in first, then blow up the air bags, as needed, to function as corks. The bags are tapered, so it would lock all the stuff in the bow and stern ends. Also, you could use the bow bag as a place to rest your feet if you want. Lastly, I noticed that the deck of my Artic Hawk (which is built very light) is a bit too flexible. The inflated bow and stern air bags help to stiffen the whole deck. - Scott *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 08 1998 - 22:30:04 PDT
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