Getting within WiTHiN
2 Comments Published by Adventures of Greg on Thursday, September 06, 2007 at 12:11 PM.
Before starting on the main hatch, we figured that we should double check to make sure that I can actually get into the boat. I know I can get in from the water because we set up a test a month ago where I constructed a wood frame that simulated the hatch area and practised deep water entry with the kayak hull before the full top deck was installed.
It wasn't as hard as it looks - really. I hoist myself headfirst through the hatch way into the boat lying on my stomach with my head toward the REAR (stern) of WiTHiN.
Then I flip around so that I am sitting on the seat with my legs still dangling outside. I can fold them up and tuck them inside. Done - easy.
Getting out is the reverse. There is not a whole lot of room in there! But that's the way it has been designed. I lived for 24 hours in Critical Power streamliner which makes WiTHiN look like a palatial mansion. I should be able to live for a month in WiTHiN.
I think I will need to get out though to stretch and be able to service the boat - tasks like deploying a sea anchor, cleaning the bottom, sun tanning, etc. We're probably going to have to come up with some way of deploying a temporary outrigger of some sort to allow me to stand up and climb up onto of the boat.
I think I will need to get out though to stretch and be able to service the boat - tasks like deploying a sea anchor, cleaning the bottom, sun tanning, etc. We're probably going to have to come up with some way of deploying a temporary outrigger of some sort to allow me to stand up and climb up onto of the boat.
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