You can get small blocks at a reasonable price, and sheaves if you want to make your own blocks, here:
http://www.duckwork
Don't neglect ebay if you know you're going to need some boom blocks, for example. Used Harken, Ronstan etc stuff comes up all the time, but you have to keep an eye on it for a month or so to get exactly what you want. Often can find NOS (new old stock), older models which never sold and are still in the package.
For sails, look at used sail brokers like Bacon:
http://www.baconsai
Input your luff and foot requirements and see what you can find. For example, if I were building a beachcat sized schooner right now I'd look at the two Trac 14 mains they have listed:
Catalog No 40-HEG8-136
Catalog No 40-HEG8-143
Luff 20' 5" Foot 7' 2" Leech 20' 9" Head 0' 0" Price $ 300.00
FULL BATTENED TRAC 14 MAIN, 4.0 OZ. DACRON BY PRYDE. TEQUILA SUNRISE COLORS. 3/8" COVERED ROPE LUFF. LOOSE FOOTED. VISIBILITY WINDOW. PEEL OFF INSIGNIA. TAKES 7 FULL LENGTH BATTENS, NOT INCLUDED. NO BAG. NEW/UNUSED.
$300 each, that's pretty good.
Kevin
--- In harryproa@yahoogrou
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> yep, need the wheel partmade already i think, easy to put sides and pin and attachment at the top together though.
>
> question: are there any quality boat builders?
> are they/we all too high on resin to really produce as efficiently as other industries that aren't associated with toxic chemicals?
>
> doug
> )looking for job, not sur eif want to join commercial boatbuilding company)
>
> --- On Fri, 17/4/09, Tim Barker <clairebarker5@
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> From: Tim Barker <clairebarker5@
> Subject: [harryproa] Re: Polyester foam core (Aircell or similar) ? cheap?
> To: harryproa@yahoogrou
> Date: Friday, 17 April, 2009, 12:17 PM
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> ---Hey Dough
> You should check out the latest Australian Multihull magazine there is an article by a farrier tri builder who made his own pulley blocks.
> Cheers Tim
>
> In harryproa@yahoogrou ps.com.au, Doug Haines <doha720@ > wrote:
> >
> > sorry for the negativity gardner, and you should try your best and maybe you'll succeed a little but - but cheap? depends on what you mean cheap. how cheap ischeaper than the rest of us.
> > I thnk i always build for as low a cost as possible, but that mainly means no expensive electronics etc. i got cheap nice new sails from rolly taskers in thailand plus a shipping cost, about $600 each of my mains - not bad especially compared to our local sailmakers.
> > the price i get from rob is standard low trade friends with the store manager type price, but that is unavoidably always still the bulk of cost isn't it?
> > anyhow let us know where you do you save on "regular" purchases.
> > also the stainless steel fittings and pulleys(blocks) are really expensive, and i was meaning to try to make my own blocks and buy only a sheave (wheel).
> >
> > DOug
> >
> > --- On Fri, 17/4/09, Gardner Pomper <gardner@ > wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Gardner Pomper <gardner@ >
> > Subject: [harryproa] Polyester foam core (Aircell or similar) ?
> > To: KSSBoat@yahoogroups .com, harryproa@yahoogrou ps.com.au
> > Date: Friday, 17 April, 2009, 1:46 AM
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> > Hi,
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> > I am trying for a low cost build of a multihull, and had just about
> > settled on using nidacore for decks, even though I am uncomfortable
> > with the water penetration possibilities. I just ran across Aircell,
> > which seems to be priced similarly ($89 for a 4'x8' sheet, 1" thick,
> > about 1/3 the cost of corecell). Does anyone have experience, or
> > opinions, on its suitability for a deck? I am thinking of using this,
> > with 18oz biaxial fiberglass on the top, and 12oz underneath. Largest
> > unsupported area is the double bunk at 4'x7', but I could put a
> > stringer down the middle. It is closed cell, 6 lb/ft^3 density.
> >
> > Thanks for opinions!
> >
> > - Gardner
> >
>
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