Making a sea sock for the Arctic Tern 14

First, place the parts no longer needed for the bulkheads and hatches in the box for return to Pygmy when I go to the Rat Island race.

It'll be like making a bag by folding fabric in half n leaving a big hole corresponding to the cockpit. Will attach a bungee sleeve to bag.

Ordered 2 yards of coated nylon 200 Denier Coated Oxford Nylon Fabric from www.rockywoods.com $17 + 3.75 shipping. (Seattle fabrics had outrageous shipping expenses.)

measurements

Me sitting on floor, from back to heels: 44"

Total Length of Sea Sock 54"

Length of Sea Sock in front of cockpit 21"

Cockpit length 33"

Height of sea sock at toe 11"

Height of rear cockpit 9"

Measuring circumference of cross sections around the outside of the kayak at various points in front of the cockpit:

Toes plus 0": 45"

Toes plus 8": 49"

Toes plus 14": 50"

Toes plus 19": 53"

Front of cockpit: 55"

Measurement for the bungee sleeve and bungee cord: circumference around the cockpit rim. 90" which is 24" more than the Cockpit length 33" X two. Cockpit hole in the sea sock should be at at least 90"

can make the sock 13" longer. 54 + 13 = 67"

might be able to sew bungee sleeve as part of sock rather than separately. Sleeve would add about 3" to circumference.

Tentatively, fabric to cut for the sea sock would be 67" long by 59".