Bulkhead
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- C Maven
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Bulkhead and a lap-belt? Not sure if I'm good with getting that "locked" in quite yet. Can I get a secure enough fit without the lap-belt for a few or am I going to be swimming without it?
Sidenote - this is a playboat/river runner, I got my Quake to creek in. This is my first go at playboating in a C1...
Sidenote - this is a playboat/river runner, I got my Quake to creek in. This is my first go at playboating in a C1...
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You can do fine w/o the lap-belt. I find it helps to keep me planted when I'm upsidedown & gives me more control of the boat. It does take a little longer to get out with a lap-belt. I've broken two paddles this year & had to reach up under my skirt to release my lap-belt to get out. I think that while not essential, the lap-belt helps my roll, but if you swim it's going to take an extra couple of seconds to get out of the boat. FWIW, it took me a LONG time to even consider the belt. I thought they were a death wish.
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storage up front?
>>I like the Idea of a bulkhead and no straps in a creekboat for the saftey factor. being able to exit fast in a pinch is great. as well you can still get a good bit of gear up there if you design it right...<<
Having skinny legs makes for bigger holes in the bulkhead - more room to stuff pork products in the bow for ballast
Having skinny legs makes for bigger holes in the bulkhead - more room to stuff pork products in the bow for ballast
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Re: storage up front?
Jim P wrote:
Having skinny legs makes for bigger holes in the bulkhead - more room to stuff pork products in the bow for ballast
Touche'
Amiga!!
I sat in an M3 (H3?? dunno) for sale at Gauleyfest that had been converted with just a bulkhead, held in with a wooden thwart spanning between the thigh brace holes. The back/hip area was very foamed out to hold you in. Really nice, secure conversion, with easy entry and exit.squeakyknee wrote:I like the Idea of a bulkhead and no straps in a creekboat for the saftey factor. being able to exit fast in a pinch is great. as well you can still get a good bit of gear up there if you design it right...
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Yup, that was mine. It was a great set-up,but the boat was just too darn big for me.Walsh wrote:I sat in an M3 (H3?? dunno) for sale at Gauleyfest that had been converted with just a bulkhead, held in with a wooden thwart spanning between the thigh brace holes. The back/hip area was very foamed out to hold you in. Really nice, secure conversion, with easy entry and exit.squeakyknee wrote:I like the Idea of a bulkhead and no straps in a creekboat for the saftey factor. being able to exit fast in a pinch is great. as well you can still get a good bit of gear up there if you design it right...
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All of my bulkheads have been force fits. I don't put more than lunch & an extra water jug up there though. The reason I make them this way is it's easy. Just carve 'em out of 3" foam & shove 'em in the boat. With the two Wavesports I've done I used ~3-3.5" of foam between the front of the bulkhead & the front pillar for "proper" placement.Larry Horne wrote:it would be really slick if the bulkhead could be removed easily for access.
Easy removal was cool a couple of weeks ago. I found two really neat pieces of wood that I wanted to keep. I just popped the bulkhead out so I could stash my find. Shoved the bulkhead back in & paddled real easy the rest of the day.
I've got some photos of the Forplay that I converted. I no longer have them posted on the web, but I can e-mail them if anyone is interested.
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Searchin but haven't found any yet.pdown2 wrote:Hey squeakyknee you got any pics of that outfitting?
it was basically a whole bunch of random scraps pieced together with a 6" thick bulkhead held down by a twart between the thigh brace adjustment holes on the H3
I used a cam strap to hold it all in place along with the typical fencepost center rail and pedestal.
The camstrap made it simple to pull out the bulkhead and stuff bags or gear up front then strap it all in.
Amiga!!