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If there's no cost advantage to building it yourself I'm not sure there's
any advantage at all. If you have the skills to build a boat you certainly
have the skills to maintain one. After maintaining mine for four years I
know everything there is to know about it. More than I would like to know
about some things.
If you don't have the skills or the inclination to learn them, then all you
need is money.
At 07:39 PM 12/20/01 -0500, Doug Crane wrote:
>this has been an interesting thread on Y-L...the thread is about
>building/buying a light weight mid twenty footer vs a heavier blue water
>sailboat a couple feet longer...all of the different opinions have a
>great deal of merit...after 5 years of owning a trailable 26 foot
>sailboat and 8 years of building a more substantial 29 footer which i am
>about to launch...i can certainly conclude the following: ...my hess
>balboa 26, altough excellent, was much too light, much too much work to
>day sail and even weekend sail via trailer...trailer was used only twice
>per year...a slip allowed heavy use for 5 years...i sold it and started
>dreaming...anybody can build a big boat if you know just a bit about
>power hand tools...you will learn...however i would not bother to learn
>about welding ss or machining ss...it takes a lot of experience to tig
>weld correctly and home equipment will not machine the VERY HARD
>stainless sleel...i am pleased of my decision to go bronze...home
>machines work bronze ok...foundries work bronze ok...two of my family
>members tig weld for a living...a nice benifit...i started with zero
>money which is why i began with trees and built the hull
>myself...but...if i were you folks, or if i had it to do over again, i
>would contract with a custom build canadian firm to build the hull/deck
>from multiple layers of plywood and epoxy...ship it home and complete
>the project...using local trade specialists if you have the money....no
>matter which way you build a boat, you will not end up saving a
>dime...it will cost you far more...but you will KNOW YOU BOAT INSIDE AND
>OUT...a wonderfull benefit...including materials, supplies, tools, and
>my labor time at MINIMUM WAGE, my 29 footer will cost $140,000...i could
>have contracted with a west coast builder that has built this boat
>before , had it done...complete...and launched....for $130,000....in
>1992 dollars...and launched 5 years ago...it's the old money vs time
>problem...if you have some money...say $50,000 in todays money...i would
>suggest get the hull and deck built and shipped to your backyard
>"barn"...takes only a year or so...if you never build the boat, you can
>sell it for at least half what you paid for it...hell, you would have
>spent that much on tools and hull materials/supplies anyways...yes
>building is fun and rewarding in it's own right, but do it now...better
>yet...do it yesterday...."time waits for no man"...who knows?
>...health...age...wives...job....nothing stays the same...well, that's
>my 3 cents....good luck...doug..........s/v NOKIDO itching for salt
>water............
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