{"id":17,"date":"2011-04-07T07:49:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T07:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/purjekas.planet.ee\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2020-03-01T13:28:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T11:28:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/purjekas.planet.ee\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"About our boat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Endless hours were spent on watching videos and reading articles of people sailing over distant seas, seeing distant lands, spending time with their thought and reaching fundamental conclusions of what it is to be a human being. A yearn to find it all out by personal experience settled. Inspired by boatbuilding adventurers\u00a0such as Sebastian N\u00e4slund<\/a> and Yrvind<\/a>, \u00a0a decision to construct a sailboat was made. A resonance of ideas between two physics course mates sparked the work process. Either of us had ever built a boat nor sailed. We started out from nothing, no place to build, not even a budget\u00a0–\u00a0but we had the idea, a ton of willpower and four years later we launched\u00a0a boat.<\/p>\n

We faced problems with almost every stage of the build. Most of this was due to our inexperience. The purpose of this webpage is to share our experience and if you will, help you in the process of realizing your dream of building a boat. The journey is tough and costs money and time. But the result of it is much more than just a boat which you can buy secondhand for much less money. The result is creating new meaning to life through realizing your dreams in a shape and form which can not be repeated, gaining new friends on a similar course. Every screw or nail you put into a yet undefined piece wood is a step closer to a goal. We believe that small steps make big dreams come true.<\/p>\n

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Kvark on the day of her launch and maiden voyage.<\/p><\/div>\n

The boat took four years to build, from 2011 April to 2015 July. We did not build all the time.\u00a0Her upbringing was shared between school, life, work, low budget seasons and all\u00a0that stuff so common in the life of young guys. Despite all obstacles, or the ever so dull\u00a0lack of obstacles,\u00a0Kvark\u00a0finally made her maiden voyage on 27th of July 2015.<\/p>\n

“Launching her was like a drug overdose. I never had the latter, but I imagine it is similar. Serious euphoria for half a day and a equally serious comedown on the second half. I was in love the first few days after launch. I could not stop thinking about sailing and I hopped on my bicycle as soon as the winds went up on the forecast. The first few times biking the 17 km distance seemed to take forever. More sober emotions settled in a few weeks later: gratitude, a simple feeling of enjoy and relaxation.”<\/em> – Uku<\/p>\n

Her name Kvark\u00a0means\u00a0Quark in English. A quark<\/a>\u00a0is a fundamental\u00a0particle of matter. For example a proton is made up of three quarks. So, one could say she is small, tough\u00a0and\u00a0the building block of big things.<\/p>\n

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Kvark in the workshop in the winter of 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n

She has now sailed her first season on a lake and is being prepared for her next season, which is to be spent on the Baltic sea. Seamen with beards and experience tell us that she is no good, that she is simply too small and we will vomit\u00a0our guts out. The problem is\u00a0that telling us no to do something definitely gets our fire started. And we did not build her to sail on a lake. We know that she is very difficult\u00a0to turtle. Even if she does, she will likely just pop upright.\u00a0In the summer of\u00a02016 we want to sail her to Sweden to visit the legendary small-sailboat designer and builder Sven Yrvind (he does not know it yet). Uku, one of the builders, is determined to sail her across the Atlantic East to West at the\u00a0latest in\u00a02020.<\/p>\n

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Uku sailing Kvark on lake Saadj\u00e4rv in September 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n

Kvark is a John Welsford<\/a> design called “Fafnir<\/a>“. She is 4 meters long with a 1.9 meter beam, a draft of about 80 cm and weight of 650 kg unloaded. Her maximum sailing weight is 1100 kg, that includes 250 kg ballast built into the keel. Her sail area is 14 square meters\u00a0and she boasts a traditional\u00a0bermuda rig with the ability to steer and control the sails from inside the cabin. John is a renowed boat designer from New Zealand. The proof of his work is a very large\u00a0boatbuilding community that spans the globe.<\/p>\n

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Many thanks to:<\/p>\n

Raivo Luik
\nVictor Mikhalev
\nEero R\u00e4nik
\n\u00dclle P\u00fcttsepp
\nLiina P\u00fcttsepp
\nJames Jenkins
\nOve Kalde
\n\u00dcllar P\u00f5vvat
\nJuhani P\u00fcttsepp
\nMarten Madissoo
\nTehnika\u00fcli\u00f5pilaste selts<\/a>
\nJohn Welsford
\nArtur Pata
\nJohan Alexander Petti
\nShantyboatLiving.com<\/a>
\nTartu Estonia Freecycle(TM)\u00a0<\/a>
\nEvelyn Bernard
\nRod Cahill
\nMartin Kolnes
\nLauri Lokko
\nMarten Juurik
\nIndrek Soosaar
\nJ\u0101nis L\u012bme\u017es
\nValdeko S\u00e4re
\nAarne Viljasaar
\nENIMORMET
\nSaadj\u00e4rve Jahtklubi ja Puhkekeskus
\nAarne Vaik
\nK\u00e4smu meremuuseum
\nPruuli family
\nKatrin Nigumann<\/p>\n

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The builders and adventurers are Joosep Pata<\/a> and Uku P\u00fcttsepp<\/a>, two guys from Estonia\u00a0with a love for physics.<\/p>\n

You can use PayPal to help us on the way, so that we would have lots and lots more to share with you and write about!<\/p>\n

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Thank\u00a0you so much! We will add your name as a contributor to the page here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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