Cheapest cost to self-design & self-build a 45ft sailboat

Discussion in 'Boat Design' started by sailingrock, Dec 26, 2018.

  1. tane
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    tane Senior Member

    are you a boatbuilder or cabinetmaker/woodworker by trade? These 800hrs sound VERY low & speak of a highly skilled, very well organised person/craftsman with a perfect building place for me. Chapeau!
     
  2. TeddyDiver
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    TeddyDiver Gollywobbler

    Not by trade but "involved" in boat building since childhood and as a hobby afterwards. Aside that building a hull is straight forward work as long as you know what you are doing. I think if pressed a bit and had good set of drawings could have shaped some 20% of the work easily. But it's my own design and thus skipped that part and had to make some adjustments along the build.
    This hull is wood strip epoxy heavy GF sheating which is IMHO the easiest method for DYI boatbuilder in this size (LOA 20' to 40'ish). Good table saw (actually on 3rd table saw atm) and a LOT of clamps, a barrel of epoxy & few rolls of biax are the most essential things to have.,. yeah, a big tent and dry seasoned wood planks.
     
  3. tane
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    tane Senior Member

    ...and golden hands!
     
  4. william stokes
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    william stokes Senior Member

    absolutely true my boy
     
  5. william stokes
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    william stokes Senior Member

    absolutely true Ole Son
     
  6. william stokes
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    william stokes Senior Member

    Give to me your email, I have such a design, a high lats sailing boat in Alu
     
  7. william stokes
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    william stokes Senior Member

    you can buy used rigs and sails otherwise 85k is not feasable, maybe if you bought used engine etc
     
  8. BlueBell
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    BlueBell . . . _ _ _ . . . _ _ _

    This is a 7 year old thread.
     
  9. william stokes
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    william stokes Senior Member

    OK Mate . sorry bout that
     
  10. TeddyDiver
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    TeddyDiver Gollywobbler

    And few pages more recent conversation after that so do not worry about the date of the OP..
     

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