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Bulkheads create buoyancy, so if the boat does tip, water fills the cockpit but not the whole boat.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2022

Bulkheads of timber and concrete were set in place to divide the ship into compartments, permitting the use of controlled pumping.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bulkheads rattled the shout of 2,000 men: "Aye, aye, sir!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Bulkheads, steering, fuel tanks, decks and running gear are stripped out.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bulkheads, Hold.—To have Bulkheads in the Hold, for Coals, Stores, Casks, Chain Cables, &c., and an opening of one inch left between each Plank to give air, except the Coal-hole which must be close.

From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)