How many bulkheads?

rcnight · #1 07-05-2022, 10:22 AM

My 89 WA had 3/4” plywood bed & bulkheads - all rotted to various degrees. If you’re not foaming the tank in ( highly discourage this method), you really don’t need the fore & aft ones. If you secure your tank adequately, you should be fine. On the other hand, they are small, don’t use up a lot of material, so probably wouldn’t hurt.

bigi · #2 07-05-2022, 02:38 PM

How many bulkheads did it have? I'm going to install 3, one fore and aft of the tank and one at the cabin entrance. That'll give me a small storage compartment.

I'm going to use neoprene strips 5200'd to the bottom of the tank and secure the flanges to the stringers.

Thanks

wattaway2 · #3 07-05-2022, 09:51 PM

I cut strips of starboard and 5200 them under my tank was afraid to go with something that might absorb water against the tank

77SceptreOB · #4 07-06-2022, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by wattaway2

I cut strips of starboard and 5200 them under my tank was afraid to go with something that might absorb water against the tank

I did the same thing.

uncleboo · #5 07-06-2022, 07:04 AM

I screwed 1/4" starboard strips to the bottom of the coffin and let the tank sit on top with no adhesive. (Tank is secured by 4 mounting flanges on top.)