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From: who cares (no email)
Date: Fri Jun 03 2005 - 12:59:14 EDT
--- In , "Jon Brown" <jbrown510 at g dot dot dot > wrote:
> As I think about how to come up with 200k so I can have the cat of
my dreams and contemplate those who build there own I'm left
wondering... how does anyone afford building thier own boat?
>
> 150k for a kit seems like a great deal, but then how does one "live"
and invest 2000+ man-hours into it's construction on top of that? By
the time I factored in "living costs" for the 1-2 years required to
construct the boat and rental cost for yard space to build the boat,
etc... it suddnely looks like a very expensive option...
>
> -Jon
Jon, you are right - and not
Some people enjoy boat building, I am one of them
Some people do not earn that much, it might be the simple question,
how much is your salary per hour and how much do you pay per hour for
the boatyard, naturally, the boatyard buys 30% cheaper than you too
I met a guy building a 43' cat at the back of a chicken "factory", no
need to pay a cent as the chicken farm saved a guard. Btw, its the
third cat growing there
In my case, my wife owns our lot, 1/2 mile from the beach, so its
easy, Some other rent a beachfront or some empty industrial space, you
do not need a lot of electric and equipment to assemble a cat. And
many lot owners are happy to earn a little instead of nothing,
bargaining like crazy is important and be imaginative and positive.
When we started our first one my wife (and some friends) thought this
guy is totally crazy, when finished she was very proud!
Naturally many builders are retired or not working, whatever reason,
and you would not believe how much money you can save if once you
concentrate on one topic only - your boat.
If your US$ 150k refers to emultihull, this is their factory FINISHED
motor-away price, nothing to assemble any more, still needs mast and
sails and your choice of electronics.
The kit I purchased, and this seems to become a standard now down
under, is a computer pre cut glassfibre-epoxy-balsa-sandwich.
ATL-composits, the local WEST-epoxy producer and Durakore
representative makes them. They are moderated hard chines, moderated
as they do have a lot of rounded corners to be finished in strip
planking. To make this hull, you snap the pieces together like Lego
stones, no lofting etc. But for 40' I'd take the emultihull "Fusion 40".
I want a modern boat, not a used one, but I only got half the money. I
do have a technical background and I can take off 6 months a year. yes
I am lucky, some even more, they buy what they want, some less, build
yourself or buy used, somehow there is always a possibility if only
you really want
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