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Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
By:Kurt Maurer
Date: 8/12/2009, 9:57 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI? (Bill Hamm)

Bill sez:
: I like rubber hatches . . . . think they look cool too.

While Etienne sez:
: Such beautiful clean lines. I hope this is another joke.

Hmmmm. Boys, I'm afraid y'all ain't helpin' much... (said with slow Texas drawl)
Seriously, it hasn't been anything like an easy decision, and still isn't carved in stone either, for that matter. In my view, rubber hatches are too ugly, too heavy, and too expensive. But woody hatches have become an irritation to me as a never-ending source of nagging little problems of every description. And just for the record, I paddle pretty much every day and my boats take a terrific pounding from the daily grind. Repair and refinishing is at least twice a year per boat, and I am getting very interested indeed in making the process as easy as possible. Here are a few advantages I'm seeing, at least in theory:

I've gotten my flush hatches to leak very little, but these rubber ones don't leak AT ALL.

They're familiar to other paddlers, and that can come in handy.

They're totally unaffected by the R&R sessions, not subject to epoxy or varnish buildup problems, no gaskets to screw with, really eliminate a time-consuming part of refitting.

Repeat: that's the theory. Man, now I need to holler at Hansel, thanks for that Bill! That dude has proven exceedingly helpful more'n once, and that's a bona fide fact!

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI? *LINK* *Pic*
Kurt Maurer -- 8/11/2009, 7:54 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI? *Pic*
Andy Waddington -- 8/23/2009, 4:24 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?------We
Kurt Maurer------WebKitFormBoundaryeAaza+mQo4GAZ4F -- 8/23/2009, 7:31 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?------We *Pic*
Andy Waddington -- 8/24/2009, 12:50 pm
Mold your own hatch rims....
John Caldeira -- 8/13/2009, 2:38 am
Re: Mold your own hatch rims....
Kurt Maurer -- 8/13/2009, 9:30 am
Re: Trolling bait *Pic*
Andy Waddington -- 8/24/2009, 1:07 pm
Re: Trolling Bait *LINK*
John Caldeira -- 8/14/2009, 11:03 pm
Re: Trolling Bait
Kurt Maurer -- 8/14/2009, 11:13 pm
Re: Trolling Bait
Mike Savage -- 8/15/2009, 1:57 pm
Re: Minicel
Etienne Muller -- 8/24/2009, 2:22 pm
Re: Minicel
Mike Savage -- 8/24/2009, 4:19 pm
Re: Trolling Bait *LINK*
Glenn -- 8/15/2009, 9:22 pm
Re: Trolling Bait
Mike Savage -- 8/16/2009, 6:23 am
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
Pawistik -- 8/12/2009, 4:29 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI? *Pic*
Dave Houser -- 8/12/2009, 4:18 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
Kurt Maurer -- 8/12/2009, 6:51 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI? *LINK*
bruce tunell -- 8/13/2009, 8:47 am
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
Kurt Maurer -- 8/13/2009, 9:28 am
Split the difference
mike allen -- 8/12/2009, 2:31 pm
Re: Split the difference------WebKitFormBoundaryT+
Greg H------WebKitFormBoundaryT+fy9rB62Uj0EFRO -- 8/13/2009, 8:27 am
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
Etienne Muller -- 8/12/2009, 8:05 am
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
Bill Hamm -- 8/12/2009, 1:34 am
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
Kurt Maurer -- 8/12/2009, 9:57 am
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
Bill Hamm -- 8/12/2009, 3:27 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
Robert N Pruden -- 8/12/2009, 4:35 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
Kurt Maurer -- 8/11/2009, 7:58 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI? *LINK*
bruce tunell -- 8/12/2009, 3:19 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
Oliver Bloch -- 8/11/2009, 9:12 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI? *LINK*
Oliver Bloch -- 8/12/2009, 10:12 am
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI? *LINK*
Mike Dangelo -- 8/12/2009, 1:53 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI? *LINK*
wwfloyd -- 8/12/2009, 5:31 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
Bill Hamm -- 8/13/2009, 5:30 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI?
Bill Hamm -- 8/13/2009, 2:36 pm
Re: Strip: Kajak Sport Hatches for New OI? *LINK*
wwfloyd -- 8/13/2009, 3:26 pm
Newfound Woodworks
Kurt Maurer -- 8/12/2009, 7:01 pm