Marcia, I just realized your post said the Elan didn't have any bulkheads. From my reply, you will see I was thinking the Elan had a rear bulkhead. Anyway, as a paddler with a boat that has bulkheads (three in my case) I can attest that stress-riser fractures are a reality. For me, however, I just would never be able to put up with the hassles of any other system, especially as the bulkhead/hatch route gives me (from my perception anyway), maximum storage. Doug Lloyd (sorry for mess-up, feeling a bit challenged these days) Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jul 20 2003 - 18:24:29 PDT
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