On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, K. Whilden wrote: > On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Chuck Holst wrote: > <snipola> > > bulkheads. Can anyone give me a good reason NOT to have bulkheads in > > a rigid kayak? > > > > Chuck Holst > > > I am building my Pygmy without bulkheads. It is easier to get bulky items > into the holds when don't have bulkheads. Bulky items I like to carry are > my dutch oven, and especially, my Djembe (african hand drum). when i tried to go on a spring trip this year, i decided i'd use a kayak instead of my canoe, and couldn't get my tent poles through the hatches, but could have put it in through the cockpit if i had no bulkheads!! ah, the joys of touring in an open canoe ;-) mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: "In a world without fences, who needs 'Gates'" -- Scott McNealy "In a world without walls, who needs 'Windows'" -- Dave Livigni *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Another good advantage of bulkheads is if you adjust your roof rack saddles to be at the bulkheads you can really tighten the hold down straps without any deformation of the hull. Hal Wilton, NH Power your boat with carbohydrates, not hydrocarbons. http://www.jlc.net/~hlevin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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