Hello!
I tried a new title in the fashion of modern blogging-vlogging. That is in the lines of “you wont believe your eyes”, “there was something strange”, “I finally have it” or “moments before”.
So, moments before getting the boat to the sea – yay! We have agreed to transport Kvark on the coming Wednesday. But there are still things to do.
Kvark is antifouled! Well most of her, the rudder sheet and three smallish spots still need to be done. We also have an anchor! Without further due, the gallery:
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Before antifouling I had to prime with epoxy and before that I had to sand the hull below waterline. In the process of sanding I found a
brids nest inside the fore ballast tank.
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- The orifice was full of moss and dog hair, some bird feathers were in the mix. The bird must have been in there in spring and left when the boat was being moved between locations.
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- And that is what the sanded surface looked like.
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- And on a larger scale.
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- We got our sails! Unfortunately the jib is tonger than our forestay. Something is amiss here and we’ll get to fixing it.
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- The mainsail on the other hand sits just fine.
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- And here are the two coats of Wilckens Epoxyd primer.
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- The smell is intoxicating!
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- And here is Kvark with two coats of antifoul ontop of the two coats of epoxy primer ontop of the two coats of the DD Hart lack ontop of the two layers of epoxyd primer.
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- And then it was time to whip-up a bit of an anchor.
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- This took an hour.
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- This took two hours. This is the arm of the anchor.
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- The arm, reinforced with a T bar on its longer side and some steel plates on the main stress area.
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- And here we have it! A spot welded spade anchor. Waiting to be welded up.
And here is a test of the anchor:
Next up:
- Finish painting (including rudder sheet)
- Polish-remove sharp points on mast sailguide
- Complete handrail system
- Complete welding the anchor
- Complete the locking system for the hatch
- Install 360deg toplight on mast
- Get registered
- Get to water
- .. the stuff I forgot about
All is good!
Hi there,
Could you email me your contact details please –
I’m Richard Palmer, publisher of Barnacle Bill Magazine in the UK – I am interested in covering your voyage and also in featuring your Kvark.
Sorry Richard that I missed your comment! At the moment we are getting some more sailing experience in home waters, neither us nor the boat are quite yet ready for the Atlantic waves. Maybe one day…