>> 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 >> ************************************************************************* You must be using a wall tent. :-) I can fit both my 4-person Eureka Alpine Meadows tent and my new 2-person Moss Titan tent -- poles and all -- through the bow hatch of my Romany Explorer, and that hatch is not as big as some. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 12:17 PM 10/9/98 -0500, Chuck Holst wrote: > >>> >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 >>> > >************************************************************************* > >You must be using a wall tent. :-) I can fit both my 4-person Eureka >Alpine Meadows tent and my new 2-person Moss Titan tent -- poles and >all -- through the bow hatch of my Romany Explorer, and that hatch is >not as big as some. > >Chuck Holst > Mark were your poles put together or separated, it will make a differance. 3/8" X 10' will be hard to get in any kayak. he he Dana *************************************************************************** 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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