Re: [Paddlewise] Mounting a footpump/Reinforcing bulkhead

From: Bill Leonhardt <WJLeonhardt_at_bnl.gov>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:57:08 -0400
At 12:32 PM 8/14/00 -0500, Patrick Maun wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>just returned from a lovely extended weekend in the Apostle Islands 
>(and added another boat to the fleet) and now have the following 
>question. I have a Henderson footpump that I'd like to install in a 
>Current Designs GTS. The bulkhead in the CD boats is plastic and I am 
>not sure if it is strong enough for the pump. 

Patrick,

I have a Solstice GT.  I haven't installed a foot pump but I've been
considering it.  When I looked at my forward bulkhead, it appeared much too
thin to mount a pump without reinforcement.  I wouldn't want to be pumping
during an adrenaline rush and put my foot through the bulkhead.

I haven't thought out the method of reinforcement yet, but I imagine it
would take the form of spreading the load over as much of the bulkhead area
as possible.

I'd be interested in hearing (seeing) the solution you come up with.

Bill Leonhardt
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