three piece No 2

Well how did the three piece turn out---Great after trialing different size nuts and bolts and how many to use I settled on a standard 6mm size Allen head bolt with wing nuts to keep it all together.
Initially using o'rings to seal the bolts and nuts I have decided to use a hand punched inner tube rubber off a pushbike (sorry about the flat on your bike son!!) as the o'rings worked well but they were a hassle to work with.

We came up with an easy system to get the rudder lines and up/down lines installed ,in fact the rudder lines make putting the rear and middle compartments together that much easier as they help with alignment 

I had an excuse to use the three piece on a recent trip to New Zealand and I can report that no extra charges were required to ship the kayak with me as personnel luggage and that was a great outcome

One lesson I did learn though was keep all your gear in the one compartment as customs may want to check your gear especially your tent.I had the poles in my day hatch and the tent in the rear compartment ,so I had to unwrap both bits to get at them

So if your wanting to take a seakayak overseas and want a hardshell to paddle while your there --get a threepiece
It was awesome to use a standard boat in another country with no hassles

It only took 37 mins to put the three bits together and hey presto ..I had a boat