KVARK – the homebuilt microcruiser

Imagine a vectorized time, which could be pointed, say left. Why do we always talk about time going forward and backward anyways? Well, conventionally, we have pointed ours straight forward. The bow stem is in process of fitting onto the boat. The stem profiles have been cut, they need to be laminated now. Furthermore, the forward crash bulkhead needs to be redesigned due to the stem remake. The bulkhead, stem and keel, plus the keel edge will all meet in a single section measurable perhaps by a couple of deciliters. Bolts have to be fitted here, since the protruding part will take considerable stress. We have bought the needed PCB sewage pipes to start building our steambox. Before adhering to complex methods, we will try simply pre-bending the stringers and see whether they will take the stress. Progress is slow due to school and occasional moodswings, it is autumn after all, but we will push forward.

Pointing in the direction of travel.

Bringing (bending) the best out of the wood.

Busy-busy! The bulkheads are mostly in place now, we’ll be gluing them in the next few days and then start with the stringers. We’ll have to redo the forward crash bulkhead since our forward stem changes its shape a bit.

Things are really taking shape and everything looks hopeful!

We are approaching the completion of bulkheads, which is a significant milestone in our build. Soon we will be able to fit our first stringers onto the boat, meaning that the so-far nearly unrecognizable plywood plates will start to resemble a sailboat. Last week we epoxied the forward cabin windows onto it’s base bulkhead. Now we have one more bulkhead left to finish, it only needs a floor plank fitted. Below you will see the progress in pictures. Also, we have added a “details” section to the blog. Check it out, we describe the tools we use, why we chose the materials we did and so on. In the future “details” might be updated by some work methods. Let us know what you think of it.