Hull Number one of KK 60 Open

[MVTara]

Hello Everyone:
We are a new member couple who will soon own hull #1 of KK 60 Open. In this thread, we will post a few photographs we took during our multiple visits to the boatyard. Also, we will share joys, head scratchings, etc., during the build process. There was an earlier thread from us (under user username:hrk) where I described our process of selecting a new boat. We chose the boat's name as Tara, a Buddhist and Hindu Goddess. Tara is a compassionate, succoring deity who helps men “cross to the other shore.” She is the protectress of navigation, earthly travel, and spiritual travel along the path to enlightenment. My spouse chose the name. I am bad at picking names. My spouse named all our children and desktop and laptop computers - we have many computers but only two children. I was not surprised by the name of the boat she chose because all our computers are also named after female deities worldwide.

Hemant (that's me) and Sonal (that's my mate)
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The first picture I post is what the 3D drawing of the boat is supposed to look like when finished.

 

[MVTara]

I visited the boatyard a few months ago - just after the hull was released from the mold and various systems - cables and pipes were being laid out. Upon seeing the boat, I thought, OMG - so many cables and systems. I realized I had better brush up on my engineering knowledge. Although I graduated (several decades ago) as an electrical engineer, my work has primarily been in the digital arena. Oh! Well. I will have to buckle up and study manuals and charts again. Sigh!
I will soon dig out some of the photos I took during that trip and post them.

We made a second visit recently when the saloon had been joined to the hull and interior carpentry work had begun. One picture shows us standing near the boat, which looks enormous when out of the water.

Hemant

 

[Bmarler]

Impressive! Thanks for sharing.
It really is enormous when standing on the ground isn’t it?

 

[chanprr]

Congratulations!! A beautiful KK 60.

 

[Mac2]

Single or twin engines?

 

[JDCAVE]

Congratulations! Welcome to the Krogen family!

Jim

 

[MVTara]

Single or twin engines?

twin engine

 

[Mac2]

twin engine

Love how they protected the prop and rudder!

 

[MVTara]

Love how they protected the prop and rudder!

and made it easy to replace the propellor shaft if damaged without removing the rudder. You can see the small hole in the rudder through which the shaft can be pulled out if needed. I thought that was a very thoughtful design detail.

Hemant

 

[Snapdragon III]

Congratulations! That is going to be a super sweet trawler. Keep the pictures and updates coming.

 

[rgano]

Where will its homeport be?