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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