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Re: S&G: Matunuck and bulkheads
By:Frank
Date: 2/2/2009, 3:19 pm
In Response To: Re: S&G: Matunuck and bulkheads *LINK* (Tony F)

Great pics and nice looking boat.

I suppose I'd put the bulkhead behind the back of the middle fin box. I am a big fan of fins ever since I installed a set of O'fish'l fin boxes on my plastic whitewater boat (Dagger Redline) so I'm definitely installing boxes on this boat.

The reason I asked is that I don't see bulkheads on other whitewater or surf boats and I wondered if there was some engineering reason for this. Perhaps the boat needs to be able to twist a little when you are getting trashed under a wave and solid bulkheads might make the boat too stiff... I'm not saying this with any knowledge whatsoever, just thinking out loud.

Frank

: I built a matunuck from plans and put a front bulkhead in for a foot brace -
: no problems with it so far. Put a part bulk head in behind seat for
: strength when sitting on back deck to enter kayak and attach back band to
: - works well. I did not also build a fully sealed rear bulkhead as it was
: not clear if fin boxes were to be installed/needed after paddling it.
: Going with no fins for the moment, its a fun surf kayak.

: Link to build gallery

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Matunuck and bulkheads
frank_b -- 2/1/2009, 3:48 pm
Re: S&G: Matunuck and bulkheads *LINK*
Tony F -- 2/2/2009, 8:36 am
Re: S&G: Matunuck and bulkheads
Frank -- 2/2/2009, 3:19 pm