Leonhardt, William J wrote: > How much did you move the bulkhead? About 6-8 inches. I had to replace the sliding footpegs, since the new bulkhead position prevented them from sliding. I used Seaward's gas-pedal style footpegs - a much better system, especially for someone who never uses the rudder. > Would it have made sense to just > add a bulkhead and have a mini hatch area or did you effectively use the > longer space in the front hatch area? I really got spoiled having a huge forward compartment. I briefly considered making a second bulkhead, but decided that replacing the existing one would be more flexible for loading. I didn't find that having more dry storage forward affected trim. Probably the biggest problem with the setup was when I sold the Solstice and used my Ellesmere exclusively. With 100 liters less total volume and considerably less dry storage, I had to downsize my gear. However, I find I have fewer packing problems now than with the Solstice! Less is more! Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Tue May 01 2007 - 09:29:13 PDT
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