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Re: Strip: J Hatches!!! Light weight and water tig
By:charlier
Date: 8/5/2012, 9:09 am

looks neat , do they release by presure ?

: Well after putting this method of building hatches through multiple
: tests, they have proven very well. I have been on multiple
: camping trips, put them through some nice breaking waves, and
: have done a lot of rolling and still no water. My Objective was
: to build something that is flush, small flanged, light, strong,
: inexpensive, and most important watertight! The latch is made of
: abs and stainless steel components. The flange is actually
: backward than most ways of building hatches which makes it work
: so great. I do have a temporary piece of foam on them now but it
: has held up great so I just might not change it. I had a lot of
: intrest in them at the RedFish 13th Annual West Coast Wooden
: Kayak Rendezvous so I figured that I would post them here as
: well.

: Here is a link to some pictures:
:
: https://picasaweb.google.com/111273481462173092207/BestKayakHatches?authkey=Gv1sRgCLWH8uDe9pXMLg
: #

: Brian

Messages In This Thread

Strip: J Hatches!!! Light weight and water tight!
Seabum -- 8/4/2012, 6:45 pm
Re: Strip: J Hatches!!! Light weight and water tig
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/4/2012, 9:04 pm
Re: Strip: J Hatches!!! Light weight and water tig
charlier -- 8/5/2012, 9:09 am
Re: Strip: J Hatches!!! Light weight and water tig
Seabum -- 8/5/2012, 11:40 am
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John VB -- 8/5/2012, 9:55 am
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Bill Scill -- 8/5/2012, 10:36 pm
Re: Strip: J Hatches!!! Light weight and water tig
Seabum -- 8/6/2012, 9:05 pm
Re: Strip: J Hatches!!! Light weight and water tig
John Messinger -- 8/5/2012, 11:59 am
Re: Strip: J Hatches!!! Light weight and water tig
Seabum -- 8/5/2012, 5:17 pm
Re: Strip: J Hatches!!! Light weight and water tig
Bob Beaullieu -- 8/6/2012, 7:12 am
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fred -- 8/6/2012, 10:33 am
Re: Strip: J Hatches!!! Light weight and water tig *PIC*
Will Nettles -- 8/6/2012, 6:42 pm
Re: Strip: J Hatches!!! Light weight and water tig
lance buck -- 8/6/2012, 6:27 pm
Re: Strip: J Hatches!!! Light weight and water tig
Seabum -- 8/6/2012, 8:57 pm