After completing the ordering and purchase of your Bliss-stick Kayak we will use every means possible to have the delivery to you in 5 working days. This sectionis to help you from the time you receive your Kayak at the door, until just moments later when you are ready to set off on your first river trip in your new Bliss-stick Kayak, We hope you enjoy paddling your new boat and get as much satisfaction from it as we have had making the kayak. Our goal is to make our customers proud to be Bliss-stick owners.
Arrival at your door.
While the driver is still at your doorstep please check the package over for any obvious signs of damage from the delivery company, If you are happy , you can thank the driver.
Pre-cautionary only ......If on the other hand you do notice obvious signs of damage to the kayak like tears to the plastic and chaffing or forklift holes in your kayak, dont let the driver go just yet, have him take the boat back and please do not accept the delivery, Contact Bliss-stick Customer services urgently so we can get a replacement on its way.
It is time to begin to play with your new Kayak, remove wrapping ( just kidding )
Before you can begin to adjust your kayaks hardware you will notice the Adjustment key located in the rear of the backrest.
Begin by removing the Goodie Bag , and you may need to use the extra cut shims to pack out or alter the amount of hip pad support is required.
Either add shims or remove shims to suit the fit for your hips.
Once satisfied with the fit, simply close the hip pad sock and you are done.
With your adjuster key turn back the seat bolts 4 - 6 turns each, and on both sides of the seat. Taking the bolts out completely will release the Brass plate on the other side, and getting this back into place will require some language and body flexing.
This will allow the seat to travel either forward or backwards, it will need some help as indicated in the picture. The seat is set at the Factory in the Medium setting ,and we urge you to paddle the boat at least once to decide on the seat coming forward if your legs are short'ish or going back if your legs are long'ish.
Re tighten the seat hardware back up tightly on both sides.
Next are the cool thighbraces, these can be set forward or back wards as well , and the factory setting is again Medium, you want the thighbrace cup to be mostly on your thigh below the knee, and not right on the knee cap.
The cups are designed to rotate in 4 directions , the cup itself can move from side to side from the easy or extreme settings or they can also be twisted to suit the angle of your leg position. When running your local run use the easy setting for general river running and when you get to the playholes notch them right-up in the Eddie.
The outter adjustment is if you want to move the thighbrace base forward or backwards, just loosen this bolt 4 - 6 turns only so the brass plate stays in place on the inside.
The seat unit is fitted with a comfortable seat Pad.
We have made the front storage roomy enough to take a Pelican case, throwbag or water bottle.
The rear drain plug is secured by a lanyard , make sure you screw the plug back in to place once you have completed using the drain hole, a loose and hanging drain plug can easily go a stray on you. The Molded in design to the left is a typical New Zealand myth, this is called a Mania and is formally one of many water Spirits and Taniwha's, this one is a "good luck " and Guidance one thankfully.
Rads come with a one peice foam footblock that can be cut to suit.
Mark you cut on the footblock and angle it slightly to give you more toe freedom, the foam can be cut with a Saw or a sharp bread knife, It pays to start conservative and not cut too much off in the first attempt.
The SCUD comes with a 2 piece footblock to allow for the long front pillar. These are left and a right with the wedge shape facing downwards. Foam footrests keep the weight issue to a premium for the playboating side to the SCUD
Again marking the footblock is required and cutting a little at a time is reccomended. Setting a slight angled cut will give more toe space on the top edge of the footblock.
Normal River Running boats like our Mystic, Huka and Mac all come with an adjustable Bulkhead footrest, these can be adjusted with ease from inside of the Kayak and require no cutting. Unlike a play boat these footrests offer a more solid foot brace system but carry with them the added weight.
These can simply be adjusted by removing the 4 tri knobs and setting the required distance, placing all 4 tri - knobs back afterwards is essential. This system is great when you have multipule users of a kayak.
Finally once the seat, Thighbraces and footblocks have been adjusted to suit you in your Bliss-stick, there are still a couple of fine tune micro adjustments to be done to make your paddling day perfect, these adjustments are done on the day and right when launching off onto your favourite run. Behind the foam backband there are 2 Metal Cam buckles which have a breaking strain of 350 Kgs, ( 800 lbs ), this will semi adjust the backband into position, the micro adjustments are on the top of the thighbraces, and these are a binding ratchet on either side, Use these to adjust the backband to tention once you are in the kayak, you can relax the tention or crank them up when required at your favourite playspot.
Congratulations! your adjustments are all now completed and your kayak will feel as snug as you decide and need, it to be. All there is to do now is to load up the car, Pat the cat and go have some fun.
Actually.......There is just one more job to do........
This outfitting section will be added to as we go and get request or great ideas in from paddlers in the field, we hope you find the information useful and would like to hear your feedback and your comments on your new Bliss-stick Kayak.
Bliss-stick Warranty
We were going to add something flashy in here but were not, we want you to feel that within genuine reason of time and use, we will replace your kayak..... and get you back on the water as fast as we can. Simple as that.
Thanks to Bliss-Stick and their models for this info.
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