Seeking NA services

Iver Franzen, NA, is in Annapolis. His most recent project was the Maryland Dove; he's very experienced with sail vessels. We worked with him on a smaller yacht project some years back.

 

Thanks for the recommendation.

 

That was my first reaction too, John. Even in my little marine engineering firm, our lowest daily rate exceeds $1100..... Might be a geographical thing?

 

I don't think you can get any reputable NA or Engineer for less than $180/hr

 

<shrug> Don't know, but that's what it worked out to on the last bid estimate I was involved in (i.e. cost/man-days), I would need to go dig for the man-hour rate. Also, this is a bid estimate, not after all the change orders....where the real money is made.

FWIW when I retired in 2018 from the shipyard, we were $650 a man-day normalized, but some overhead was a different pot of money. Location, and AUKUS, may also explain this.

https://news.usni.org/2024/09/16/au...d-a-submarine-construction-facility-in-mobile

 

Mine too.
And it is not geographically dependent either. My time, is my time, no matter where in the world i end up

 

Would be a min of $150 and upwards...

Indeed, and higher if more specialised work....

 

Our highest rate is $186., engineering specialist. We still charge about $156/hour for field engineering support..our lowest rate.

 

This is not a field inspection, but a more complicated redesign and compliance with regulations and laws. I think your higher rate applies.

 

We don't do much "field inspection"; our field engineers are out there assisting with the installation, setting to work, and sea trialing vessels with our control systems. Out higher rate always applies when we're involved in vessel designs from, usually, ground up, including model testing support in many cases.