RE: [Paddlewise] hatch fasteners

>>
Chuck is snipped:  A fellow in our kayak club made a stich-and-glue kayak 
in
which the hatch covers are held down by internal bungees.

I tested a prototype kayak with this rig and during a cowboy rescue, my 
skirt
caught the hatch and it is now in Davey Jones' Locker.  I recommended they
use a different system, despite the good looks.

Brian Blankinship
>>

I wouldn't expect this to happen if the hatch cover were flush with the 
deck or a fairly strong pair of bungees were used. As I recall, the one I 
looked at required a fairly strong pull to open the hatch far enough to to 
unhook the bungee.

Chuck Holst


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