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Re: Strip: Thin deck and hatches
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 12/7/2012, 11:01 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Thin deck and hatches (Dan Caouette (CSCWC))

: 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.

Hi Dan,

Single skin glass hatches work fine for this and are really light, weigh almost nothing.

They are waterproof, need to add a coating or two of epoxy to fill in the weave, but are seriously flexible so will bow with temperature changes.

Bill H.

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Strip: Thin deck and hatches *PIC*
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