Dry Bags That Fit Through Cockpit Hatch?

I made my own mesh/fabric bags out of old windsurfer sail bags and they go in and out through the hatch nicely, but drying them out after every sail is getting old.

Has anybody found a diameter of dry bag that goes in/out through that hatch easily?

I have one dry bag that, technically, should do the job (spec'd diameter of bag < diameter of hatch) but it's a real bear to stuff it in there and work it out.

I'm thinking length isn't such a big deal - maybe even longer=better because there's nothing that says I have to fill up a bag - and having as much air in it as is compatible with getting it through the hatch just adds to in-hull floatation.

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I just pack midship in front of hatch with flotation foam, similar under seat. So that whole reachable area under hatch is a "compartment" so stuff can't slide out of reach. Then use cliplock lunch boxes, or small dry bags" loose in hull.

By shuffling things around you can utilize more space and see any water in there and sponge it out if necessary

Problem with a big bag is not just hatch dia, but the fact that hull is shallow

Where do you store the Mirage Drive when it is not in use?

I have been storing it in the bow area.... but maybe I'm fighting Mother Nature....

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I presume you are tasking about storing the Miragedrive when towing your Island on the road. I would never open up the forward hatch while at sea to store the drive there. At sea, I place the drive across the hull, just behind the front crossbar. My big feet fit underneath. The tether remains attached at all times.

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Tony Stott
2012 Tandem Island "SIC EM" with Hobie spinnaker

No, I meant while on the water.

For the drive home, I rinse it at the sailing site and then leave it exposed in the back of my pickup truck or laying in the cockpit so that it is dry and ready for application of Inox by the time I get home.

Typically I will have it installed when working upwind, pull up on a beach or bar at the destination, and then swap it out for the plug.

I'm 100% onboard with not opening that fore hatch on the water and always having the Mirage Drive tethered. .... I even have a tether inside the fore hatch that I clip it to when it is stowed there.

I am coming around to thinking that stowing it in the fore of the hull is not such a great idea - if only because it becomes unavailable if/when conditions suddenly change and there is no landing spot available.

Got to try laying it across the hull....

The other candidate being some strategically-placed bungees sewn into my single tramp.

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2015 AI in "Dune" - "The Grey Pig"
2017 Trailex 450 Trailer
Pre-September 2015 cradles
(anybody want to buy a slightly-used AI SpinKit?)
eMail: [email protected]