Part 2 SEWING AND TACKING BOW SOCK

1. •Access your bow angle
   

2. • 1-2’ cord with knot
   

3. • knot on port side
   

4. • 1/4 “ stitches around bow to make sock
   

5. • Back tack

Part 3 STRETCHING AND SEWING TO STERN

Part 4 TEMPORARY BATONS & CUTTING EXTRA CLOTH

PART 5 STRETCHING AND SEWING FOR CENTER FLAT SEAM

Part 6 FINAL CUT FOR FLAT SEAM

Part 7 SEWING BLIND STITCH FOR FLAT SEAM

Part 8 SEWING IN THE COCKPIT

1. •Unfold cloth over boat
   

2. •fold in half in long direction
   

3. •hold tension against your partner
   

4. •crease center fold

1. • take slack out to stern
   

2. • put small pencil mark about 4” in from end
   

3. • slip off bow sock and slide cloth to pencil mark
   

4. • make new running stitch down about 3” and back tack
   

5. • slip off stern and return sock to bow
   

6. • stretch cloth over stern
   

7. • finnish running stitch around stern piece

1. • 10’ cord  (single strand with a knot at one end)
   

2. • clamp tightened rolled ends together
   

3. • sew from 6” inside cockpit to bow
   

4. • sew along starboard edge of deck stringer    
   

5. • stop 14”- 18” from bow tip (baidarka)
   

6. • stand on other side of kayak
   

7. • repeat in stern

1. • split into 2 pieces
   

2. • hot cut the port side at 3/8”
   

3. • hot cut the starboard side at 3/4

1. • 9’ sewing cord on a 4” curved needle
   

2. • fold longer starboard over smaller port
   

3. • 5/8” stitch through fold
   

4. • 5/8” stitch in boat parallel to fold

1. • over tension in cockpit coaming with strap
   

2. • center combing
   

3. • adjust tilt and spin to center
   

4. • cut cloth flush to top of coaming
   

5. • drill extra holes on front sharp radius  (if needed)
   

6. • fold cut edge under and make crease flush with holes
   

7. • clamp new creased edge completely around cockpit
   

8. • 18’ cord, hide knot between cloth and wood
   

9. • sew in and out around cockpit
   

10. • go around a second time to fill in opposite spaces        (if you have a odd amount of holes you will continue same direction, even number then change sewing direction)

1. • lash in  1/4” 3/4” temporary baton from bow to cockpit
   

2. • lash in  1/4”x 3/4” temporary baton from stern to cockpit
   

3. • lay cloth from starboard side to port
   

4. • cut extra cloth 3-4” to the outside of baton(do not cut in cockpit area)
   

5. • repeat process on port side