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Re: Material: hatch magnets
By:Larry
Date: 2/20/2003, 12:16 am
In Response To: Re: Material: hatch magnets (William Cruz)

Bill,

Most of the wate this boat sees is inland water, the Ca Delta and such. i carry a compass in my pfd, but do not have a deck mount. I have checked out the 3/8 magnets and the compass doesn't seem to be affected after about 10 in away from the magnets. I placed the forward hatch so that i have 3 in from the bulkhead (my feet) to the aft edge of the hatch. That puts the compass 12.5 in from the hatch should I mount it in the deck. Right now there is no need for a semi-permanent mount.

I am concerned about something banging the hatch loose when inverted. I'm going to check and see what forces are required to push the hatch off from the inside soon. If all else fails, I'll run a permiter line and use that as an excuse to put a strap or two across each hatch.

larry.

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Material: hatch magnets
john -- 2/18/2003, 11:19 pm
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Mike and Rikki -- 2/19/2003, 1:20 am
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Larry -- 2/19/2003, 12:27 pm
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Mike and Rikki -- 2/19/2003, 2:12 pm
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john -- 2/19/2003, 9:24 am
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Larry -- 2/18/2003, 11:50 pm
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john -- 2/19/2003, 9:13 am
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William Cruz -- 2/19/2003, 12:37 am
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Larry -- 2/20/2003, 12:16 am
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William Cruz -- 2/21/2003, 12:02 am
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William Cruz -- 2/21/2003, 1:29 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/19/2003, 10:30 am
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john -- 2/19/2003, 9:17 am