Re: [Paddlewise] Deck/hull seam

From: ralph diaz <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:09:27 -0800
Bob Volin wrote:
> 
> From: Nick Gill <nicholas.gill_at_adfa.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> >My skerray hatches also bulge and 'suck in' like this. But I still get
> water in sometimes!!!!??!!?
> 
> ...Happened to me, too, on a hot day.  I think the negative pressure in the
> hatch that develops from placing the heated boat into the water creates a
> situation in which water will be sucked in when rolling or bracing (or
> trying to).
> 

It also happens, albeit a bit reversed, with seasocks if you do too much
burping of them, i.e. less air pressure inside the cockpit to keep water
from  leaking through or even popping the sea sock.

Which makes me wonder whether there could be such a thing as overburping
a dry suit.

ralph 
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