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Re: Strip: Thin deck and hatches
By:Dan Caouette (CSCWC)
Date: 12/6/2012, 2:52 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Thin deck and hatches (Sean Dawe)

: I may be missing the point but can you put in two bulkheads - fore
: and aft - and put watertight access plates in them?

I was thinking this also... Thin bulkheads with access plates should be lighter than float bags.
The point is to save weight and complexity. Why have hatches if you're not going to store anything in them. They're just flotation if you accidentally swamp.

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Tom Selva -- 12/5/2012, 12:26 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/5/2012, 1:03 pm
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Tom Selva -- 12/5/2012, 1:43 pm
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 12/5/2012, 1:20 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/5/2012, 3:27 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 12/5/2012, 6:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2012, 3:02 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/6/2012, 8:26 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2012, 12:23 pm
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Tom Selva -- 12/6/2012, 1:47 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/6/2012, 2:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/7/2012, 10:58 am
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Tom Selva -- 12/7/2012, 5:40 pm
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Jay Babina -- 12/6/2012, 8:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/9/2012, 2:32 am
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Sean Dawe -- 12/6/2012, 2:19 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/6/2012, 2:52 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/6/2012, 3:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/7/2012, 11:01 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/6/2012, 2:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/7/2012, 11:03 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/7/2012, 11:06 am