>Finally, if leakage is a problem, I would cover the hole (small hole) with a >piece of Gore-tex on the wet side to allow pressue to pass, but not water >(electronics manufacturers use this technique--seems to make sense here too). Lettman uses this technigue in the flotation tanks in their FRP canoes. Haven't tried those myself and haven't heard others about it, so I cannot tell you how (good) it works, but I think for bulkheads in a kayak it could work well enough. Dirk Barends *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jul 21 2003 - 01:31:04 PDT
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