At 10:05 AM 8/15/00 -0500, Patrick Maun <pmaun_at_bitstream.net> wrote: Some snipping... >I think that is what I'll end up doing. What is the best (or easiest) >way to figure out the dimensions of the bulkhead? I was thinking >bending a piece of bailing wire and going of that. Well, considering >the hatch it would probably have to be four pieces of wire. What >solutions have people used? > Patrick, Why go through the forward hatch? Measure through the cockpit. That't the side you want to mount to, right? So you don't have to go throught body contortions, you might try the following: Set up two step ladders and tie them so they wont fall over. Install you boat on this ladder set-up so that it is horizontal, cockpit inverted and cockpit rim at about shoulder height. Tie the boat to the ladders so it doesn't "travel". Adjust up or down so you can "comfortably" reach to the bulkhead. Now the bailing wire should work. Actually, bailing wire may be too stiff. Copper wire might be a better choice. Good luck, Bill Leonhardt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 15 2000 - 09:08:41 PDT
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