Pakboats PakCanoe
Assembly Instructions
Note: Please read these assembly instructions carefully before assembling the canoe.
Assembling the canoe
Note: Don't be afraid to get into the canoe while you are putting it together. Most of the assembly is much easier if
you are inside the canoe.
1.
Unpack the canoe and put like color coded parts together. Assemble the straight (shock corded) rods. Put aside the two rods
with the black plastic end caps (you will need them when you get to step #10). Place the straight rods next to each other, lining
up one end so the rods can be sorted by length.
2.
The two longest rods are gunwales (identified by the red sticker). Starting from one end, insert a gunwale into a sleeve in the
canoe skin (along the top on each side). It helps to fold the tip of the skin out of the way and make the gunwale channel as
straight as possible. Repeat the process with the other gunwale rod.
3.
Locate two small horseshoe shaped parts marked with a red sticker. These are
"gunwale terminators". Insert one end of a gunwale terminator into the end of a
gunwale. Put the other end into the other gunwale (it will barely go in at all).
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2.
Spread the gunwales apart until the tube end aligns with the gunwale terminator,
slip the terminator into place (make sure it is all the way in). You may find it is
simplest to align the gunwales by pushing them apart with your thighs from inside the
canoe. Pull the canoe skin up around the gunwale terminator. The gunwale terminator
must be centered between the gunwale channels. If this does not happen, the
assembled canoe may be warped and the end caps will not fit properly. Repeat the
process at the other end of the canoe.
Note: Both gunwale ends must be inside the canoe skin before you go on to step 4.
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