I think that having the boat professionally built is the wrong way to go. If for no other reason the Taxes and Profit that have to be worked into the price of the boat, Generally that is going to be in the 50% range!
The way to go is vacuum infusion that dramatically decreases the prep and finish time. My estimation is from 1/3 to 2/3 decrease in time or in other words from 10,000 hrs down to 3 thousand hours. At $75 hour rates that is a half million savings in labor alone.... for sanding (I am not really joking)
And then if you consider that infusion produces a stronger part with less material, bingo another savings. Then if the design is very clean and functional it is easy to get another 50% reduction in labor. That is saving 1,500 hours ($100,000) to get a lighter, stronger more aesthetically pleasing boat.
Then because of those techniques it actually pays to build a larger boat because larger hulls and superstructure are easier to build than smaller components and larger components are much stronger up to about the 50-1 skin to volume ratio where buckling becomes a concern.
$100,000 to build a nice 40'plus boat is child's play if you do it yourself. Or it is going to start at $250,000 for someone else to do it.
Talador
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Posted by: taladorwood@yahoo.com.au
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