It looks like Rich sewed on a cloth skin, as opposed to the vinyl, which likely makes the bow a bit easier to cover.

The cleanest method of dealing with a baidarka bow that I've seen is another Nikumi, by Niels Ginge (below). He didn't skin the bow, its added on after skinning! Since the slit in the bow creates this sort of shape on its own, this method really doesn't alter the bow too much.

: I am planning on building one of the Tom Yost SOFs. The Nikumi fits my needs
: but I wonder how to wrab the vinyl around the bow, especially one like
: yours.

: Do you have pictures of the building process? The bow is shown in
: DSC00050.jpg at
: http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg223/richp_images/?action=view¤t=DSC00050.jpg
: but I can't tell if there are any seams.

: Thanks,
: Paul