Presumably, the bag on inflation, might prevent a compartment from
filling in the first place. I don't know. I guess it would depend on the
strength of the bag material, the inflation force and at what point it
would be triggered.

Not only that, if you had a long way to travel before repair, even if
the bulkheads didn't leak, the boat presumably would handle poorly with
water aboard vis-a-vis air.

Plus, redundancy is good :-)

I am also assuming foam installation as well.

Thank you for your interest,

Courtney



LaBomba182 wrote:

Subject: suggestions for emergency air bags to be deployed between watertight
bulkheads ?
From: Courtney Thomas


There was a company that made a system much like what you are describing. Can't
recall the name off the top of my head. They are out of business as I recall.
Very costly and took up a lot of space.
I think they used CO2 as the inflating gas.

Of course, if your watertight bulkheads really are, why would you need it? :-)

Capt. Bill





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WDB5619

Search the archives for some past discussions on this. I think one good idea
was to fill that area with empty but sealed 2 liter coke bottles. Someone
actually marketed a system like you described, but they went out of
business.

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"Courtney Thomas" wrote in message
...
Presumably, the bag on inflation, might prevent a compartment from filling
in the first place. I don't know. I guess it would depend on the strength
of the bag material, the inflation force and at what point it would be
triggered.

Not only that, if you had a long way to travel before repair, even if the
bulkheads didn't leak, the boat presumably would handle poorly with water
aboard vis-a-vis air.

Plus, redundancy is good :-)

I am also assuming foam installation as well.

Thank you for your interest,

Courtney



LaBomba182 wrote:

Subject: suggestions for emergency air bags to be deployed between
watertight
bulkheads ?
From: Courtney Thomas


There was a company that made a system much like what you are describing.
Can't
recall the name off the top of my head. They are out of business as I
recall. Very costly and took up a lot of space.
I think they used CO2 as the inflating gas.

Of course, if your watertight bulkheads really are, why would you need
it? :-)

Capt. Bill





--
s/v Mutiny
Rhodes Bounty II
lying Oriental, NC
WDB5619