On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:00:24 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:39:30 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Are all your thruhulls and cooling system hoses easily accessed?

Most but not all.

I'll probably end up with a bare hull boat with no thruhulls.
Ala Carolina Skiff.

The biggest risk to open boats is swamping and capsize. That can
happen right at the dock in storm conditions.

I think I'll give up on the patch kit idea for a while.
No real interest, since the chance of needing it is slight.
Now, anti-capsize. That's interesting.
Time to start talking about inflatable amas deploying from
the gunnels in swamp/capsize situations.
And manual bailing methods when batteries are wet.

--Vic