With lots of freeboard and a moderate beam, the 9.8-metre KwikKraft’s profile looks ideal for the job. When we step aboard, we notice that she is somewhat tender, which is what we’d expect from a fine-bowed deep-vee. Tilting the engine hatch-cum-storage locker, we learn that she has about three-quarters of a tonne of ironmongery – in the form of a 5.5-litre Volvo.