Re: Looking for hatch ideas
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "camalexander2002" <calex@...> wrote:
http://www.nitro-pak.com/product_info.php?products_id=497
Nels
>that?
> My Bantam has reserve flotation chambers on either side of the aft
> deck. I would like to use them for light storage, and rather than
> leaving them open, I would like to construct hatches. I was hoping
> that someone had already spent the brainpower to come up with a
> suitable home-buildable design. It would be nice if they were
> relatively rainproof. Anyone out in the collective been there, done
>Have a look at these...
http://www.nitro-pak.com/product_info.php?products_id=497
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I built a nice watertight hatch for my dinghy, and I hate it! Wood is not a
stable medium. The hatch cover (with the latex paint) glues itself firmly
to the hull and requires almost criminal abuse to get it loose. For my
current project I went on e-bay and found several nice latching plastic
hatches with o-rings for fifty bucks apiece (including shipping). The
seller purportedly buys leftovers from boat production lines.
They can be seen near the bottom of
http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm/Dayawl.html
My flotation in those compartments will be blocks of Styrofoam Velcro'd in
place in the top rear.
Roger
derbyrm@...
http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm
stable medium. The hatch cover (with the latex paint) glues itself firmly
to the hull and requires almost criminal abuse to get it loose. For my
current project I went on e-bay and found several nice latching plastic
hatches with o-rings for fifty bucks apiece (including shipping). The
seller purportedly buys leftovers from boat production lines.
They can be seen near the bottom of
http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm/Dayawl.html
My flotation in those compartments will be blocks of Styrofoam Velcro'd in
place in the top rear.
Roger
derbyrm@...
http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm
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Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 2:43 PM
Subject: [bolger] Looking for hatch ideas
> My Bantam has reserve flotation chambers on either side of the aft
> deck. I would like to use them for light storage, and rather than
> leaving them open, I would like to construct hatches. I was hoping
> that someone had already spent the brainpower to come up with a
> suitable home-buildable design. It would be nice if they were
> relatively rainproof. Anyone out in the collective been there, done that?
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My Bantam has reserve flotation chambers on either side of the aft
deck. I would like to use them for light storage, and rather than
leaving them open, I would like to construct hatches. I was hoping
that someone had already spent the brainpower to come up with a
suitable home-buildable design. It would be nice if they were
relatively rainproof. Anyone out in the collective been there, done that?
deck. I would like to use them for light storage, and rather than
leaving them open, I would like to construct hatches. I was hoping
that someone had already spent the brainpower to come up with a
suitable home-buildable design. It would be nice if they were
relatively rainproof. Anyone out in the collective been there, done that?