Re: [Paddlewise] Deck/hull seam

My skerray hatches also bulge and 'suck in' like this. But I still get water in sometimes!!!!??!!?



Nicholas Gill
School of Geography and Oceanography
University of NSW
Australian Defence Force Academy
Canberra ACT 2600

Ph. 02 6268 8317
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Email: nicholas.gill_at_adfa.edu.au

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> From: lenonm_at_milwaukee.tec.wi.us
> To: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> Cc: Peter Treby <ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au>
> Subject: [Paddlewise] Deck/hull seam
> Date: Thursday, 16 December 1999 20:59
> 
> <snip> Peter Treby wrote:
> >I also tried an air pressure system, blowing air from a spa heater unit
> into the
> >boat and finding leaks by running a thick detergent/water mix over the suspect
> >area and watching for bubbles. I wonder how many new boats would be totally
> >watertight?
> 
> Watertight?  Better still ... how about A-I-R-tight?
> 
> My Nigel Dennis Kayaks Romany Explorer appears to meet the airtight test.
> When removing my boat from the relative coolness of the garage, preparatory
> to loading onto the car rack, I need to install my hatch covers markedly
> depressed into the hatch. Even so, on a warm day, when I unload my boat
> about an hour later, the hatch covers are bulging outwards alarmingly (gotta
> get those grommets and tethers installed!) as the heated air expands inside
> the enclosed hatch. Conversely, after I put the warm hull into the water,
> after "burping" my hatches, the hatch covers soon sink well down into the
> hatch as the cooling air "shrinks." I typically need to have them burped at
> least once during my paddle.
> 
> I've never found so much as a drop of water in my hatch compartments even
> following activities where my boat spends a lot of time upside down with the
> hatches under water.
> 
> Oh, I bought my new NDK Romany Explorer early this year. It was built in
> late '98. Built like a tank. Heavy, too; my scale says 68 lbs.
> 
> I reckon it's watertight. Hope it stays that way. Probably will, given the
> way it's built. (Thanks Nigel, and thanks to you, too, Aled.  :-)
> 
> If your hatch covers do NOT exhibit this behavior with hull temperature
> changes, then maybe (?) you've got a potential water leak.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bruce
> 
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