: hi all

: this may not be the best forum to ask these questions but it is the one i
: know

: i'm in the mountains of japan and last year i decided to get onto the water
: however i could, so i bought the cheapest plastic kayak i could, from
: yahoo auctions, for the rocky rivers and built a stitch and glue cheap
: canoe, from free plans from bataeu.com, for the lakes

: the kayak is an old dagger response and while a well made comfortable craft
: it is a bear to keep in any sort of straight line, to be expected as it
: was designed as a whitewater kayak.

: i decided i wanted something a little longer than the 3.5mtr of the dagger
: with a vee shapped hull so again searched the auctions and have just
: bought a quality kayaks venturer

: http://www.sportsexpress.co.nz/enter.html?target=p_174.html&lang=en-us

: it has no bulkheads so i would like to add some, and then some hatches, will
: also have to relocate the rudder slides as my long legs push them off the
: rails

: so my question is what materials would make the best bulkheads and how best
: to seal them to the polyplastic hull, then how would i best waterproof my
: jigsaw cut hatches and fill the holes left when i move the rudder rails

: eric e

: would be easier to just buy a new one i know but appart from japans habit of
: having too many hands in the supply chain who simply add 100% each time
: for their part i like fixing things

This link will show you how to plug the holes left after moving the foot pegs.
Click on "outfitting tips" and scroll down a bit then click on "welding your boat". Good luck.