I am currently building a double kayak with a large open cockpit like a Klepper an in tend to install bulkheads in the ends for floation.

I will install screw type hatches in the bulkheads as access (mostly for drying out the spaces rather than storage access. These hatches (should be) available at most yacht supply stores (west marine etc.) and are used on some production kayaks.

--eric Schade

> I am nearly finished with a osprey standard and was thinking of putting a
> plywood bulkhead aft and a minicell bulkhead foreward and not putting
> hatches in until later. Is it a bad idea to put the bulkheads in without
> having hatches?