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SCAN AND WATCH ON YOUR PHONE Assembly Guide (Pages 1-13) Disassembly Guide (Pages 14-18) Read this entire Assembly Watch the instruction video: IMPORTANT Guide before assembling www.orukayak.com/assembly/bayst your Oru Kayak. SERVICE@ORUKAYAK.COM...
Getting Familiar assembly components Stern (back) bulkhead: Provides structural rigidity. Shoulder strap: Used to carry the kayak when in box form. Stow out of the way while kayaking. Bulkhead channels: Attached to the inner hull. Used to hold the two bulkheads in securely. Backrest Floorboard: Reinforces the Backrest: Includes the seat column...
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Pop the hull flat with your hands as you extend it, pushing down the inverted PROFILE VIEW folds, creating a bowl shape. PUSH DOWN SIDES POP UP TO CREATE BOWL SHAPE ORU KAYAK | BAY ST ASSEMBLY GUIDE...
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The box becomes the hull and deck of the kayak. Several key parts are permanently Parts: Hull/deck attached to the hull/deck. The bow (front) and stern (back) of the Oru Kayak are different, so pay attention to orientation throughout the assembly process.
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The box lid becomes the floorboard. The floorboard is a crucial part of Parts: Floorboard the Oru Kayak assembly; it locks into the cockpit at the coaming, adding structure, and holds the seat pad and backrest. Cockpit handles: Lock into the coaming and pro-...
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Step 3: Insert the floorboard The floorboard adds structure to the cockpit area. The floorboard handles lock into the coaming (this is around the rim of the cockpit) to hold the floorboard in place. Make sure that the floorboard backrest plate Prop the kayak on its side, and After locking in both sides and is on the stern side of the kayak.
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Insert the stern bulkhead. Make sure the decklines are in the cockpit so they are out of the way during the next steps. (front) strap foam INCORRECT CORRECT plug ORU KAYAK | BAY ST ASSEMBLY GUIDE...
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Step 5: Buckle tension strap Use the tension strap to help close the kayak. The tension strap is located inside the hull UNDER DECK underneath the bow coaming latch. Connect the buckle and tighten until the two incorrect halves of the coaming are touching.
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Check to make sure each zipper channel is properly installed. Close the bow coaming latch. Close after zipper installation (front) ORU KAYAK | BAY ST ASSEMBLY GUIDE...
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Step 7: Attach rear seat column Closing the back of the kayak is STERN similar to closing the front (step 6). (back) CLOSE-UP You’ll also install the backrest column, How the backrest which supports the rear cockpit area. DO NOT CLOSE column will look once LATCH YET this step is complete.
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Close the rear coaming latch behind the seat column. CLOSE-UP Close the rear latch behind the seat column. Make sure BOTH screws are (front) still inside the slots. ORU KAYAK | BAY ST ASSEMBLY GUIDE...
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Step 9: Add finishing touches STERN Just a few more things to get your Oru Kayak ready for the water! (back) Stretch the bungee across the deck in front of the Using the foam block attached to the cockpit (standard positions end straps, plug the small opening on shown.
Congratulations! (front) Your Oru Kayak is The coaming fits the Oru ready for the water. Kayak spray skirt and all standard spray skirts (size medium), if desired. ORU KAYAK | BAY ST ASSEMBLY GUIDE WWW.ORUKAYAK.COM...
Some water may collect inside the plastic corrugated flutes. To let it drain, stand the assembled kayak vertically for about 10 minutes. Read this entire Assembly Watch the instruction video: IMPORTANT Guide before assembling www.orukayak.com/assembly/bayst your Oru Kayak. SERVICE@ORUKAYAK.COM WWW.ORUKAYAK.COM...
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Disassembling the Oru Kayak is basically a reversal of the assembly, however there are a few tricks. Follow these simple directions to learn how to pack your Oru Kayak back into its box quickly and easily. Remove seatback, seat pad and stern...
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Back on land: Folding your Oru Kayak into its box Remove the floorboard by lifting up The bow bulkhead stays in the kayak.Hook it onto the from the center sides on the rubber gray ring strap as shown. This keeps the bulkhead and trim indicated in the illlustration above.
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Back on land: Folding your Oru Kayak into its box Fold one end inward, compressing it like Push the black arrow towards the black an accordion (you can start with the bow target, and the orange arrow towards or stern). It may help to push inward the orange target until box is formed.
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Back on land: Folding your Oru Kayak into its box Place the floorboard over the top Clip and tighten the center grey strap. of the box. Connect and tighten the grey straps on either side. Stash loose components throughout the box, making sure that they’re Place and tighten the safely positioned.
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