My russian boat

[colfar5033]

Morning all

Started building my kavalier k800 in mid august and so far is going well. Am very much the novice builder but am getting support from the forum and a big thank you to manie b for his help. Am hoping to complete build mid 2011 all going well. Am currently putting in about 10 hours a week but am hoping to step it up to about 20 a week. Will attach photos of build and all coments will be appreciated good or bad:p Am busy with bulkheads and have done 6 of the 15 so far and all going well should have all done by dec 2009.

cheers
colin

[masalai]

Good to see more builders at it... Good Luck... Enjoy the process...

Here is a quick one http://www.thecoastalpassage.com/cheapcat.html

[susho]

I like this design, I'll follow your build :D looking good, are you gonna place the frames on a building jig?

I like the cat too, been sailing F18 for almost a year, and I love multihulls(well, I also love boats in general...) I would love to see some more sporty plans of a plywood cat.

[masalai]

Around 4 and a half tonnes for a 40 ft cat with 80sqM of sail area is pretty powerful... Look at the design specifications in the first link of my signature...

[Manie B]

Good luck Colin and keep at it :D

[colfar5033]

morning all

thanks for the encouragement guys and susho it will be
built on building stocks

cheers

[apex1]

Good luck, or better, have success!

What do you mean with building stocks, I have´nt heard that?

Regards
Richard

[Alik]

New K800 launched in Belarus, nice color! Keel and rig are not installed yet, they are just changing place to complete the construction.

http://katera.ru/uploads/monthly_10_2009/post-814-1256125166_thumb.jpg

http://katera.ru/uploads/monthly_10_2009/post-814-1256125179_thumb.jpg

[Petros]

I love that boat. I have a question on the construction process: when you notch out the bulkheads for the stringers, how do you get the angle in the notch correct for the parts of the hull where the stringers are converging at bow and stern.

Do you just make a square notch and epoxy it in, or is there an angle specified by the plans for each location?

[Alik]

I love that boat. I have a question on the construction process: when you notch out the bulkheads for the stringers, how do you get the angle in the notch correct for the parts of the hull where the stringers are converging at bow and stern.

Do you just make a square notch and epoxy it in, or is there an angle specified by the plans for each location?

Put wooden batten prior to notching, check and mark notch angle, then go ahead.

[colfar5033]

alik

where can i find more pictures of that yellow boat

[colfar5033]

richard

this is what i call building stocks see picture

[apex1]

richard

this is what i call building stocks see picture

Ahh, understand, just your word for a jig. Thanks.

[Jenny Giles]

Love the raked back look.
She'll look beautiful at speed!

[colfar5033]

morning all

has been a slow 2 weeks on the build had a bit of flooding at the house as we had some major rains and had to go to sun city over weekend for a 7s
tournement but am getting some more supplies today and is full steam ahead

[colfar5033]

morning all

things are going well here in africa have cut another bulkhead and have another marked out ready to cut this afternoon .will be collecting some material for frames later this afternoon . manie we discussed that i should try and pave area that i will be building in what if i was to put some of those crusher stones down :confused: am running out of space in my garadge so are starting to hang pieces on wall

[Manie B]

I dont like crushed stone because i walked on it for 8 years on the mine, we had an abundance of the stuff so it was everywhere.
It does work to a point and will give a "dry" surface to walk on after rain, but will drive you nuts after a while, dusty when dry.
We had these big CAT 950 loaders that constantly "fixed" our roads and pathways - still lousy.
Building your boat is going to take much longer than you plan or anticipate, and to be surrounded by a sh1t surface for all that time is lousy.
Rather save the money and work on a grass surface, that you mow once a week and then pave bit by bit as you have money and time.

My 2 cents :confused:

[colfar5033]

manie

funny that you mention walking on crusher stone had the miss fortune of walking on it yesterday on one of our sites and its kak(not nice). so its back to the drawing board as area in garden is soil no grass :mad:

[ajlewie]

Hi there Colfar, good to see you already started building the k800. Here`s another build going on in Brazil..http://www.fotolog.com/kavalier/38626850..they made their k800 hull more precisely as per plan..Happy boatbuilding dude!

[colfar5033]

thanks ajlewie

thanks for the link. what sort of changes did you do to your boat :?:

[ajlewie]

One of the major changes I made was the changing of the 8mm plywood bulkheads into 19mm, and then we removed the frames. But in your location, I believe pine wood is abundant. Here is not and if there were available one, they were engineered type, with finger joints and very expensive too. I was planning to use phil.mahogany for the bulkhead frames but it will make the boat much heavier so the use of 19mm marine grade plywood is more efficient IMO. I also changed the centerboard into a daggerboard with a 300kg lead ballast that can be lifted with a winch. the original centerboard design I believe does not have enough ballast to make it self righting..this boat got a tall mast and the chances of rolling or capsizing during high winds were high.I`m still planning to change it back to its original fin keel design but with a heavier fin for more ballast, still on the drawing board for that. Next modification was the boarding flatform I placed at the stern and the steering wheel but later removed and went back to tiller. How`s your build going?:)

[colfar5033]

ajlewie

pine is easily available here in sa as well as marine ply.was thinking of doing the same with my bulkheads as it takes time to make the frames on bulkheads.
i have cut out 9 of the 15 bulkheads and have framed 5 so going well so far
and have our christmas break coming so will have 3 weeks for building. send some photos of your build if you dont mind its nice to see other boats

[ajlewie]

yeah,,that`s very laborious but of course,that is how it was designed, do it the way it is planned. your doing a good job...if there were pine here, I`ll do the same.:) .same here,I`m planning to work on the k800 this Christmas vacation, need to repair it, repaint and change/modify the mast..I`m still busy finishing my dinghy build...speaking of the mast,what kind of mast are you going to install? I made a birds mouth mast, so heavy,no available 12.5m aluminum mast here...I will try to lessen its weight by removing the thick epoxy putty, glass and resin my painters applied on it...here`s a link where i post my build then http://pinoyboats.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=747

[colfar5033]

ajlewie

have been looking at your build and you have done a nice job and liked the video and photos. how long did it take you to build :?: i am planing on an aluminuim maybe second hand or new depending on costs