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From: Ron Force <rforce@uidaho.edu>
To: potter mail list <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: P-15 improvements
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>james nolan wrote:
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>> I think the best way to bail it quickly in emergency conditions would be
to
>> put two self inflating life rafts inside the boat, one under the cockpit
and
>> one in the cabin. When inflated after righting the boat they would
displace
>> a large volume of the water out of the boat, enough to float it fairly
high.
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>Would the deck-to-hull joint take the strain???
I would use inflatables that weren't much higher than the bilge to cockpit
height. I got an inner tube inflated in there and it was impossible to pull
out by hand. Since the valve didnt let out air quickly, I had to stab it
with a knife. The hull to deck joint has lots of rivets, but if there was
enough force something would give.