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Re: Strip: What's the deal with bulkheads?
By:Steve Solomon
Date: 10/27/2016, 9:28 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: What's the deal with bulkheads? (JohnAbercrombie)

It doesn't take a very heavy (glass) bulkhead to hold back water -how thick is a milk jug (or a wine bag/box)?

John, that's basically my point - that if a designer intends for the bulkhead to hold back water, he might specify it one way, and if his intent is for it to provide structural stability he might specify it a different way. I can imagine that in some boats the designer might want that extra rigidity, for example, while in other boats he (or she) would prefer that the boat be able to "flex" evenly and might not want the rigidity. That's why I'm asking - as I said I'm going to build mine the way Rob specified, but I'm curious about the factors that go into that design decision.

Anyway, in my view, I would agree that it wouldn't be prudent for a boat builder to choose not to include bulkheads in a boat that called for them. At the same time, though, I don't think it's prudent to take a boat into open water relying solely on compartments to provide flotation.

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Strip: What's the deal with bulkheads?
Steve Solomon -- 10/27/2016, 4:39 pm
Re: Strip: What's the deal with bulkheads?
Charles Robinson -- 10/27/2016, 4:50 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/27/2016, 5:07 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/27/2016, 6:05 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/27/2016, 6:09 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/27/2016, 6:49 pm
Re: Strip: What's the deal with bulkheads?
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/27/2016, 8:37 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/27/2016, 8:24 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/27/2016, 8:59 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/27/2016, 9:24 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 10/27/2016, 9:28 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/27/2016, 10:10 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/27/2016, 10:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2016, 12:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2016, 12:35 am
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Thomas Duncan -- 10/28/2016, 12:27 pm
Re: Strip: What's the deal with bulkheads? *PIC*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/28/2016, 1:26 pm
Re: Strip: What's the deal with bulkheads?
Steve Solomon -- 10/28/2016, 4:31 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/28/2016, 5:23 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/28/2016, 9:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/29/2016, 1:06 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/27/2016, 6:07 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/27/2016, 6:45 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/27/2016, 8:12 pm
Re: Strip: What's the deal with bulkheads?
Steve Solomon -- 10/27/2016, 9:28 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 10/27/2016, 9:34 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/27/2016, 10:16 pm
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Paul D -- 10/27/2016, 8:35 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 10/27/2016, 10:16 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/27/2016, 10:33 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/27/2016, 10:51 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 10/27/2016, 11:15 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/27/2016, 11:26 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/28/2016, 9:19 am
Re: Strip: What's the deal with bulkheads?
Steve Solomon -- 10/28/2016, 10:27 am
Re: Strip: What's the deal with bulkheads? *PIC*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/28/2016, 11:07 am
Re: Strip: What's the deal with bulkheads?
Steve Solomon -- 10/28/2016, 1:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/29/2016, 1:10 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/27/2016, 11:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2016, 1:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2016, 12:41 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/27/2016, 8:29 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/28/2016, 6:55 am
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Thomas Duncan -- 10/28/2016, 9:20 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2016, 12:39 am
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Paul Sylvester -- 10/29/2016, 6:22 am
Re: Strip: What's the deal with bulkheads? *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 10/30/2016, 7:43 am
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Paul D -- 10/31/2016, 12:48 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/31/2016, 3:09 pm