[Paddlewise] Plastic Bulkheads

You said:
<snip>
>> I'm getting ready to remove my forward bulkhead and replace it with a
plywood
bulkhead to facilitate mounting a foot pump.>>

Don't do it. I've seen a British-heavy deform around the bulkheaded area,
after someone installed a ply bulkhead as a replacement for foam. The ply
was well sealed, but still swelled. It also. in general, expands and
contracts at a different rate than the fiberglass. dave Kruger mentioned
something along these lines too. My suggestion? Use the ply now as a
template. Get the fit just right, then wax it, and lay-up a fiberglass
bulkhead on top. Put in a "real" bulkhead, Woody, not a wooden one (wood is
good with wooden boats, though).

BC'in Ya
Doug lloyd (who is being hired this year to remove the botched bulkhead
above from a friend's kayak) 
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