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Re: LOTS of storage alternativeS ... SIX!
By:tom preska
Date: 11/19/2000, 4:15 pm

Wow that's alot of hatches. I looked at the site once and i missed them, they look like they would work great. I was hoping to do a strip built mini hatch instead of plastic on this boat. I was thinking of a bulkhead hatch behind the seat but I would have to be a contourtionist to get at it. I don't think my deck design will jive with plastic hatches. I would use them in a heartbeat on a s&g or if I had designed for them on a stripper, as they are extremely bombproof. The under deck tube lookes great I will have to get one for my exped.

Have you tried or seen the uwa marine camera dry bags. They are waterproof up to 60 feet. The attach like a filter on the lens and surround the camera like a dry bag. BHphotovideo.com sells them.

Tom
they look like just the thing to protect expensive rigs.

: Tom,

: In addition to the "mini-hatch" previously described, Kajak-Sport
: also offers six different types (shapes & sizes) of on-deck hatches!
: At least three of these hatches are designed specifically for
: "day-hatch" applications ... choose from 4"; 6"; and
: 8" round (the remaining three larger hatches are more applicable for
: the main bulkheads in the bow and stern). I particularly like the 6"
: round day-hatch, which I have installed right behind my cockpit (in
: addition to the mini-hatch inside my cockpit) and I use this primarily to
: store my emergency and first-aid kits, etc. Check it out for yourself ...
: Good Luck!

: Peter.

Messages In This Thread

day hatch
tom preska -- 11/17/2000, 5:26 pm
Re:recycle cut-off day hatch
Tony -- 11/21/2000, 7:37 pm
Re:recycle cut-off day hatch
tom preska -- 11/22/2000, 8:29 pm
another storage alternative
Dean Trexel -- 11/18/2000, 2:31 pm
Re: another storage alternative
tom preska -- 11/19/2000, 10:46 am
Re: LOTS of storage alternativeS ... SIX!
Peter -- 11/19/2000, 11:51 am
Re: LOTS of storage alternativeS ... SIX!
tom preska -- 11/19/2000, 4:15 pm
Re: Planetary Gear bag,
Lee -- 11/19/2000, 2:19 pm
Re: day hatch
eric schade (shearwater boats) -- 11/17/2000, 6:29 pm
Re: day hatch [GREAT SYSTEM!]
Peter -- 11/17/2000, 7:30 pm
Double duty "mini hatch"
Brian Nystrom -- 11/20/2000, 12:04 pm
Re: Double duty "mini hatch" ... RIGHT ON!
Peter -- 11/20/2000, 3:17 pm
[ GREATly compromised SYSTEM!]
mike allen ---> -- 11/17/2000, 7:48 pm
Re: [ greatly compromised system NOT!]
Peter -- 11/17/2000, 9:44 pm
compromised system - alternate
mike allen -- 11/20/2000, 6:31 pm
Re: [ greatly compromised system NOT!]
Pete Strand -- 11/18/2000, 10:14 pm
Re: [ greatly compromised system NOT!]
Lee -- 11/19/2000, 2:12 pm