RE: [Paddlewise] Deck/hull seam

From: Robert Woodard <woodardr_at_tidalwave.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 06:08:13 -0500
> 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.

Some of the Current Designs boats, and I'm told that some of the P&H boats,
have a pin hole drilled in the center of each bulkhead to prevent what you
described. As I understand it, there is the danger of the blowing off
because of the pressure/vacuum and the pin hole prevents this from building
up.

I discovered this after self-rescue practice and finding a few drops of
water in one of the hatches.

Woody


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