Oh, to address some of the issues people mentioned about earlier
Epic's

The origional hatches did leak. The new ones are better (new design).
They really need a cam buckle that will force the gasket to compress
better than the current system. I brought that to Oscars attention,
and he said they have something that will be out soon.

The bulkheads have never been a problem for me. Mine are glassed in. I
suspect that if I hit something very hard at the bulkhead, there would
be shear. As is the case for all glassed bulkheads. The new Epic hulls
are stiffer, so I expect that bulkhead problems on the new boats will
be almost nonexistant.

- Eric