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Re: Material: Magnets for hatches
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/23/2010, 6:46 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Magnets for hatches (Mike Bielski)

: I've got to go with Rob on this 100%. If you're never going to put
: anything in your hatches bungees are fine, but packing it will
: surely interfere with closing/opening them. I used a commercial
: compression latch, and even that interferes with stuff in the
: hatch, making it hard to open and close the latch. No problems
: like this with VCP hatches.

: m

Well you can certainly pack some stuff in the hatch with the bungie in place, I've done it, often. Packing it tight might be another matter. I don't do that and suspect not many do.

Bill H.

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Material: Magnets for hatches
Bodhi -- 11/22/2010, 2:50 am
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mtkayak -- 11/23/2010, 1:31 pm
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Ancient Kayaker -- 11/23/2010, 11:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/24/2010, 6:23 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/24/2010, 5:37 am
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Bodhi -- 11/24/2010, 6:40 am
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Bodhi -- 11/24/2010, 7:00 am
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John Eberly -- 11/23/2010, 8:55 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/23/2010, 10:17 am
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Simeon -- 11/23/2010, 2:07 am
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Noel Bennett -- 11/23/2010, 8:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/23/2010, 8:19 am
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Noel Bennett -- 11/23/2010, 12:32 pm
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Simeon -- 11/23/2010, 3:12 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/23/2010, 3:26 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 11/23/2010, 5:54 pm
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Farback -- 11/22/2010, 6:35 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/22/2010, 6:51 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 11/22/2010, 9:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/23/2010, 6:46 am
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Bodhi -- 11/22/2010, 11:29 pm
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Farback -- 11/22/2010, 6:57 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 1/17/2011, 11:04 am
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Joe Whitman -- 11/22/2010, 7:48 pm
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Farback -- 11/22/2010, 8:06 pm
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Bodhi -- 11/22/2010, 6:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/22/2010, 8:58 am
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/22/2010, 11:30 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/22/2010, 11:40 am
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/22/2010, 12:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/22/2010, 12:53 pm
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Bryan -- 12/2/2010, 3:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/2/2010, 4:54 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/3/2010, 8:59 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/2/2010, 4:48 pm