: For those who might be interested, I ended up using Marine Goop. I
: stitched it up, filled the seam with Goop, then used the Marine
: Goop like contact cement to glue the canvas patch on. Finally, I
: painted it. The paint is still fresh in the pic.

Mike, I have nearly the exact type of tear in a canvas SOF kayak. Its very small, I'm told the paint is a marine grade bottom paint. I hope you would clarify the steps to your repair. It seems that you stiched the tear first, the filled that stitch with Marine Goop. Then, you used the Marine Goop like contact cement to apply a patch over the stitched repair, let it dry, and painted it. It's the stitching part I'm not clear on, whether you stitched the tear to close it, or stitched the patch to the canvas. The advice I'm getting is to simply use a high quality contact cement to glue a patch over the hole, and paint it.