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Re: Strip: Hatch magnets *PIC*
By:Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K
Date: 7/29/2013, 1:57 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Hatch magnets (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

I decided some time back that all the different hatch systems out there suck. They just each suck in their own particular way.

This may be another way of saying that each system is good in its own particular way, but I'm really not happy with any of the known ways of securing hatches on kayaks. That includes all the methods I have used on my boats. There is always something that just isn't quite as good as I would like.

That being the case, if I can get away with it, I will avoid putting hatches in at all. Of course this solution sucks in its own way as well...

Wow, sounds like you're having a bad day!

Well I have to agree to some extent vis-å-vis hatches in the past, but I found small details make all the difference.

Nicky, hope your day improves and things head into the "sucks less" range!

All the best,
Rob

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Thor -- 7/29/2013, 8:10 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 7/29/2013, 8:58 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/29/2013, 9:14 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 7/29/2013, 10:03 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 7/29/2013, 10:17 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/29/2013, 10:59 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 7/29/2013, 11:44 am
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Thor -- 7/29/2013, 12:05 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/29/2013, 12:52 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/29/2013, 1:14 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/29/2013, 2:18 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/29/2013, 6:43 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/29/2013, 12:42 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 7/29/2013, 2:15 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 7/29/2013, 1:03 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/29/2013, 1:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/30/2013, 1:37 am
Well said, Nick. *NM*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 7/29/2013, 2:02 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 7/30/2013, 10:12 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 9/16/2013, 1:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/30/2013, 1:32 am
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Greg Galloway -- 9/16/2013, 9:53 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 9/17/2013, 9:36 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/18/2013, 7:18 am
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Nick Riccardi -- 7/29/2013, 5:01 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 7/30/2013, 11:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/31/2013, 1:47 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/31/2013, 2:04 am
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Justin -- 7/31/2013, 5:07 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/31/2013, 12:14 pm
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Glenn -- 8/1/2013, 2:41 am