RE: [Paddlewise] Plastic Bulkheads

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Woodard [mailto:woodardr_at_tidalwave.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 3:02 PM
> 
> My apologies for not remembering who told me this, but 
> someone here told me
> they had removed the plastic bulkheads in their fiberglass kayak. I'm
> getting ready to remove my forward bulkhead and replace it 
> with a plywood
> bulkhead to facilitate mounting a foot pump. I'd appreciate 
> any lessons
> learned on getting the old plastic bulkhead out.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Woody
> 

Woody,

  I'm wondering why you want to remove the existing bulkhead (I'm assuming
that it's watertight).  Couldn't you simply "beef up" the existing bulkhead
by epoxying and glassing the plywood into place directly behind the existing
bulkhead, or would that place the new plywood bulkhead too close to your
feet? (with a 28'inseam my short legs don't have problems like this<g>).
You probably can't epoxy anything to the bulkhead itself, but I'd think that
you would be able to push the plywood up tight against the plastic bulkhead
and then use an epoxy paste to create a fillet joint between the epoxied
plywood and the hull/deck.  Then use some 1.5" or 2" tape and glass in a
couple of layers over the fillet.

Dave Seng
Juneau, Alaska
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