I did a search on the forum and did not come up with much on this, though I swear I remember some previous discussions...

I intend to make the hatches for a guillemot only in the bulkheads. I need the one in the bow only to inspect and dry out any droplets that get in there. I will use the one in the back-of-the-cockpit bulkhead to store lunch and small stuff. I do not intend to camp out of the guillemot.

Intent is to make plywood or wood strip bulkheads this time instead of Minicel® to try out that technique. I have not run over any rocks which would have punched through the kayak if I had stiff bulkheads, so I will try them out.

Because the bulkheads are not going to be visible on the deck, they do not need to be flush. They are on flat surfaces so I assume they can be simple flat plates on flatbulkheads where the plate is larger than the hole in the bulkhead and there is gasket material surrounding the outside edge of the flat plate.

What great ideas have y'all come up with to hold bulkheads down? Internal bungees seem unnecessarially complicated for this. Screw down holders? Twirl down latches? What...

I am open to all ideas and suggestions.

Rick