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Re: Material: D or P hatch gasket sealing
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 11/2/2014, 11:01 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: D or P hatch gasket sealing (Etienne Muller)

I have on occasion had to pry off a hatch cover due to vacuum suction though. On the other hand, I have also had the odd minor ingress of h2o.

Those two observations may be connected. A small vent hole in the bulkhead can prevent a vacuum forming in the compartment.

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Material: D or P hatch gasket sealing
BDkayak -- 10/29/2014, 10:03 pm
Re: Material: D or P hatch gasket sealing
Etienne Muller -- 10/30/2014, 5:11 am
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Gene -- 10/30/2014, 9:20 pm
Re: Material: D or P hatch gasket sealing *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 10/31/2014, 5:58 am
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george jung -- 11/1/2014, 9:22 am
Re: Material: D or P hatch gasket sealing *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 11/1/2014, 10:54 am
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BDkayak -- 11/1/2014, 9:12 pm
Re: Material: D or P hatch gasket sealing
george jung -- 11/2/2014, 11:29 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/2/2014, 4:03 pm
Re: Material: D or P hatch gasket sealing
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/2/2014, 11:01 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/3/2014, 8:18 am