Alright, so I've finally got to building the yacht- what with school and all, and the wonderful surprise of a deadline coming up soon, I got the materials and started to build the yacht. I did this with a friend of my father's who welds; it's not finished, and I still have a few things to solve.
What I have so far is the main frame, with supports, mast step, and basic front fork tube- but I don't have the front fork itself yet. The first attempt at making it was failed; I decided to cut a 90-degree angle out a side of the steel tube and bend it in, making a right angle that corresponded to the size of the fork, but then realized that I would have to drill a hole into an angle of the tube, and don't have a drill bit that big. Anyways, I drilled the hole for the axle too big, and will have to make it again. Still, I'm going to try to slide and attach this failed front fork onto the upper part of the steering shaft, so that I can stick a steering bar onto it.
The mast step is made of two pieces of round plumbing attached with a connector; if needed, I can attach another with the same kind of connector. However, the mast step tube is the exact same width as my mast (which I haven't shown; it came too short and I had to reorder it) so I'm going to have to sand it down a bit.
The sail is a 4.5 sqm Gaastra Manic. I don't have a wishbone or any kind of boom, but am considering trying to make one because when I slide the mast into the sail, the battens get caught on one side of the mast. i might just try and cut the battens shorter.
I hope my pictures explain all this better than my words; if any suggestions, warning advice or etc, please tell me!