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KBBS Archive 10,000
Re: floatation & hatch failure
Posted By: Jack In Response To: Re: floatation (Max (actually, Marcelo))
Date: Wednesday, 10 November 1999, at 10:08 a.m.
I have front and rear water tight bulkheads in my guillemot. But to ensure safety I still use float bags in both compartments. I have heard too may stories of hatchs comming off in big surf or a bungie failure. This way you use the bulkheads as primary flotation and have a backup for the weak link (hatches)
Jack
> I give you some southamerican tip, that really works. Instead of floating
> bags, we use to filling the ends of the boats with lots of 1 liter empty
> plastic (PET) bottles, securely closed. Thus, you can have some kind of
> "cell" compartments that allows you:> a) Fill the space required depending on your gear. b) Face the hazard of
> one punched floating bag.> Hope this helps.
> Marcelo.
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