One of my students in the Yost SOF class had a wonderful idea. He wants watertight hatches on his SOF that he'll build after this class and we've been discussing options. He had the idea of using something like a sea sock for the hatches, only the opening would fit under a screw in Beckson hatch that could be fairly easily added to the fore and aft decks. With a few tabs sewn into the bags they could assume the rough shape of the compartments they are in. Sounded like a great idea to me

Watertight hatches without the bulkheads that are a pain to add to a SOF.

Bill H.