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Re: what are design alternatives for coaming?
By:Grant Goltz
Date: 9/17/1999, 12:42 pm
In Response To: what are design alternatives for coaming? (David Walker)

> In my old plastic Sealution, I never got a drop of water inside boat. In
> my CLC boat, I get a lot of water in boat when rolling etc.

Perhaps one of the main reasons that the CLC coamings leak is that the sides of the cockpit are too straight and the skirt doesn't have any pressure against the sides of the coaming. Change the cockpit shape to have more a more rounded side, and you will likely have fewer problems.

Grant

Messages In This Thread

what are design alternatives for coaming?
David Walker -- 9/16/1999, 11:25 pm
Re: what are design alternatives for coaming?
Hans Friedel -- 9/17/1999, 6:16 pm
Re: what are design alternatives for coaming?
lee -- 9/17/1999, 3:02 pm
Re: what are design alternatives for coaming?
Grant Goltz -- 9/17/1999, 12:42 pm
Water leaking through coaming on Coho?
Tom Farre -- 9/17/1999, 9:17 am
try replicating the sealution share
john rominski -- 9/17/1999, 8:08 am
Re: what are design alternatives for coaming?
Paul Lund -- 9/17/1999, 7:59 am
Re: what are design alternatives for coaming?
Shawn Baker -- 9/17/1999, 10:35 am
Re: what are design alternatives for coaming?
David Walker -- 9/17/1999, 11:16 am
Re: what are design alternatives for coaming?
Paul Lund -- 9/17/1999, 8:47 pm
Re: what are design alternatives for coaming?
Byron Lawrence -- 9/18/1999, 9:10 pm