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When did bulkheads become popular???
By:JC
Date: 3/22/1999, 1:34 pm
In Response To: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT? (Steve Bailey)

Most of the post below suggest that only the foolhardy would build a kayak without bulkheads/hatches due to safety reasons. Do the native paddlers in Greenland, Alaska, etc use bulkheads in their boats? When did it become conventional wisdom that kayaks without bulkheads were unsafe?

> I am going to build 2 CLC Patuxent 17.5s this summer. I am considering NOT
> building hatches and bulkheads into these designs. What are the pros and
> cons of not installing both bulkheads and hatches?

> Thanks,

> Steve

Messages In This Thread

Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Steve Bailey -- 3/21/1999, 8:37 am
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Dave Abbott -- 3/23/1999, 8:09 pm
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
lee -- 3/22/1999, 8:42 pm
When did bulkheads become popular???
JC -- 3/22/1999, 1:34 pm
This Century
Shawn Baker -- 3/23/1999, 12:07 am
Re: When did bulkheads become popular???
Jack Martin -- 3/22/1999, 3:47 pm
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Nolan Penney -- 3/22/1999, 9:53 am
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Stan Heeres -- 3/22/1999, 12:14 pm
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Nolan Penney -- 3/23/1999, 8:53 am
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Bob Hysen -- 3/22/1999, 2:51 pm
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Jack Martin -- 3/22/1999, 3:30 pm
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Jay Babina -- 3/22/1999, 9:01 am
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Wayne Bergman -- 3/22/1999, 12:25 am
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J.D -- 3/21/1999, 9:24 pm
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Stan Heeres -- 3/21/1999, 9:34 pm
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Mike Scarborough -- 3/21/1999, 6:45 pm
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Kenneth Paul -- 3/21/1999, 5:14 pm
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Shawn Baker -- 3/21/1999, 1:43 pm
Re: Hatches and Bulkheads or NOT?
Jack Martin -- 3/22/1999, 12:39 pm