Nautiraid Narak 460 User manual

NARAK 460
Instruction book

• Get the parts out of the bag on a flat surface
Your bags contain : 1- front half frame.
2- front half frame extension. 3- skin. 4- half centre crossrib.
5- cockpit rim. 6- seat (expedition model).
7- rear half frame extension. 8- faisceau AR
• Start to unfold the front half frame.
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• Turn the first crossrib 90° (below) and secure its
position with the little straps.
• Do the same for the second crossrib.

• Take the front half frame extension (red marks)
and connect it to the front half frame.
• Take the keel bar and insert
it with a few degrees of angle
(besides). Once in place a metal
stopper holds the two pieces
in place (below).

• Connect the deck top stringers and turn the metal locker to block
them together.
• Put in place crossrib n°3.
Important notice : leave crossrib
n°4 free (besides) otherwise you
will not be able to bend the
stringers and gunwhales once
the frame in the skin
Proceed the same assembly
instructions for the rear frame.
• Take the keel bar and insert
it with a few degrees of angle
(besides). Once in place a metal
stopper holds the two pieces
in place (below).
• Put the pin to hold in place
the starboard deck stringer.

• Get the front half frame in the skin.
• Put a leg avor the boat, it helps
to have the frame centered in
the skin.
Do the same for the rear.
• The frame have to be centered
in the skin. A bolt will go through
the eyelet and the hole in the top
stringer.

• Be sure hoses from the stabilairs and the rudder lines are not struck
under the frame parts.
• Apply tension to the keel bar. put
the keel into the lever.
• Push the lever down to make
the tension. Turn the locker 90°
to secure the lever (below).

• Take the
gunwales in
both hands
and push them
to the center
of the boat,
plying the
gunwales
• Turn the two remaining crossribs in
place. Take car of the position of the
gunwhale on the crossrib (below left).
• Release the
gunwhales once
connected.
Do the same
for the stringers
(below).

• At the front of the cockpit push
the two deck stringers to the sides.
• You will now put in place
the central half crossrib.
• Put it under the
gunwales.
• Pull the locker and connect it
to the screw head on the keel.
• Put the pin on each side of the
crossrib to connect it with the skin.

• Get the cockpit rim
on the skin. The bolts
(in the inside pocket
of the skin bag) go
through the skin and
the top stringer. Screw
the butterfly nut.
• Get the hem
of the skin into
the cockpit rim
gauge.
• Inflate the seat before assembly.
• Put the straps around the crossrib at the rear. • Do the same at the front
• Screw the footrest on the keel bar.
• Inflate the stabilairs (low pressure)
Your Narak is ready to hit the water !

• Put the straps around the crossrib at the rear. • Do the same at the front
• Disassembly of the kayak : do the other way round. Deflate
the stabilairs. Unscrew the cockpit rim. Get the half center crossrib
off. Turn the two crossribs at the cockpit ends free. Release the
central tension, pulling on the lever. Grab the gunwhales and dis-
connect them. Do the same for the stringers. Take the kayak by its
front handle and slap the skin and shake the kayak. It will help a stic-
king frame to get free of the skin. Get the front half frame out, then
the rear. Disassemble the parts.
Fold the skin on its side, the deck on the inside. The kayak has to be
dry, if you have to fold it with still water on it don’t delay to get it out
of its bag to avoid moisture.
• Kayak maintenance : rince your boat on the inside and outside
after each outing at sea. Rub with a sponge to get the salt away.
Wash it with soapy water if necessary. Dry it carefully before storing
it in its bag for a long period of time.

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