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Re: hatch vacuum

By:Dale Frolander
Date: 6/14/2001, 9:27 pm

In Response To: Re: hatch vacuum (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

: If you are going to have truly water tight hatches, they are going to be air
: tight as well.

You can if you bond a piece of inner-tube over the hole, and then put a pin hole in the inner-tube.

You could also bond some Goretex over the hole.

I don't think it's worth the time though.

hatch vacuum
todd -- 6/14/2001, 5:55 pm

Breather holes are no problem
Brian Nystrom -- 6/15/2001, 12:53 pm

Re: hatch vacuum *Pic*
David Dick -- 6/14/2001, 11:48 pm

Re: hatch vacuum
Severne -- 6/15/2001, 11:28 am

Re: hatch vacuum
Matthew -- 6/14/2001, 9:49 pm

Re: hatch vacuum
Guy Kaminski -- 6/14/2001, 10:59 pm

Re: hatch vacuum
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/14/2001, 8:08 pm

Re: hatch vacuum
Dale Frolander -- 6/14/2001, 9:27 pm

Re: hatch vacuum
Don Beale -- 6/14/2001, 7:50 pm

Re: hatch vacuum solution
todd -- 6/15/2001, 1:26 am

Re: hatch vacuum solution
Don Beale -- 6/15/2001, 2:57 pm

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