Pavia Lumholt mentioned in a post on the Qajaqusa.org forum that he was working on a design for hatches and bulkheads in a SOF. I hope to get some details from him at Delmarva.

You could simply make smaller coaming rings for hatch rims, stitch them in like the coamings, and use a neoprene cover. Recessed hatches would be a little more tricky--neither external straps or internal Leidy bungies would work predictably with the flexible skin deck. OTOH, magnets might work well.

Bulkheads would be way cool.

Shawn

: I'm reading Chris Cunningham's book now and he's just mentioned stitching the
: skin along the gunwale instead of up the middle of the deck... I haven't
: read the skinning chapter yet but it reminded me of some ideas I've had
: (uh oh).

: How dumb would it be to do recessed hatches on a SOF? I figure I could
: frame-out the hatch openings easily enough. Then I would stitch the fabric
: along the openings and the hatch covers - kind of like the cockpit
: treatment. Lots of work but it may be worthwhile if it means I can put a
: little camping gear inside. Same concept with the bulkheads.

: www.ChipSandresky.com