...but paddling that boat you made with your own hands: PRICELESS!

: I lied. $191.

: 2 spruce 1x8's were in the "whitewood" #2 bin. The piece of 1x4
: mahogany was about $8. Everything was cut to 3/16" with a thin-kerf 7
: 1/4" circ saw blade in my table saw.

: Cedar for the deck recess was free out of a scrap pile.

: I also probably used $5 in ash veneer for the coaming.

: I only used about a gallon of resin. We did a group purchase, and it ran
: about $40/gallon after shipping for an 18 gallon order (Don Flowers took
: 6, and my buddy who is building a drift boat took 9). Tiny fillets, lots
: of filler in the end pours, good squeegeeing on the fill coats. I think
: the boat is easily in the low 30-lb range. (no bulkheads or seat yet) Ask
: Don, though, it is light!! (This was to prove to myself I could do a
: lightweight S&G hull) My Guillemot was 46#.

: Glass was cheap; unfortunately that deal is long gone. I overlap pieces on
: a wider roll, so it doesn't take a full 6 yards of fabric to cover an 18'
: boat...I can get closer to 2 - 18' long coats from a 6 yd x 50" piece
: of fabric.

: I don't use brushes...squeegees cut from yogurt containers, and a piece of
: open cell foam cut into brush-sized pieces and latex gloves. To be fair, I
: probably used $4 or 5 worth of latex gloves.

: Copper wire for stitching was from a recycle bin at the scrap yard. $0.50.

: Plans were free from Grant on the Web. No footbraces (will use bulkhead), no
: minicell,

: Let's say...$201.50-ish!

: But, this cheap bastard just cut his thumb with a utility knife working on an
: even cheaper (all wood will be scrounged, pay for skin only) Greenland
: SOF, and got 7 stitches in the ER. I haven't seen the bill yet, but I'm
: sure it will be more than $201.50. *sigh*

: Shawn