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Try to orientate at the ridge bar and the
reinforcement strip on the deck to insert
the frame centrally. Also, a look through
the hatch can help.
Push the frame firmly into the bow as far
as you can.
Make sure, the two pickup elements at the
ridge bar are pointing towards the center
of the kayak (this is where the coaming is
inserted later on).
On the left you see the insertion of the
stern section.
Proceed likewise with the stern.
Push the frame flat into the bow and as
far as you can.
Make sure to take the filling tubes for the
sponsons between the stringer elements.
Now bow and stern are getting connected
and tensioned. In order to do this, remove
the split pin on keel ladder.
And then proceed exactly as described.
Please read through the following
section before going to work:
The keel fork of the bow with its
hemispherical ends is mounted to the
riveted half-tubes of the stern’s keel
ladder.
