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Re: Off Topic: feasibility of building a sailboat?
By:John Monroe
Date: 2/17/2008, 6:49 am
In Response To: Off Topic: feasibility of building a sailboat? (Doug Smith)

: I'm wondering what the feasibility is of building a large wooden sailboat?
: I'm talking something that is 30'+. Or is this something that is best left
: to fiberglass or metal hull? Are there any decent books on building larger
: sailboats? Perhaps I should be referring to a "sailing yacht"
: instead of sailboat.

: cheers

This is just my opinion but money wise I think it would be much cheaper to buy a used one then to build from scratch. For a 35' sailboat the fittings alone would probably run into the thousands, as would the sails. I know of two large sailboats built from scratch both my millionaires. One about 20 miles from me was built out of sheet steal welded together and was around 45 feet long. I used to have a poor quality tape of it being built and then transported a 100 miles to Cincinnati and the Ohio River for their trip to the Caribbean. It was a beautiful boat, teak woodwork and the latest electronics.

My ex-brother built the other boat in law. It was 50 plus feet long. Since he was an EX of my sisters I didn't feel I had the right to go see it. I'll check with my sister and see if she has any pictures of it. It ended up in FL where he lived on it until he passed away.

John

Messages In This Thread

Off Topic: feasibility of building a sailboat?
Doug Smith -- 2/16/2008, 11:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 5:22 am
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Acors -- 2/20/2008, 9:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/21/2008, 12:58 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 5:20 am
Do you want to build or sail?
Steve Phillips -- 2/19/2008, 12:43 am
Re: Do you want to build or sail?
John Monroe -- 2/19/2008, 2:14 am
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John Monroe -- 2/18/2008, 5:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 2:35 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 2/17/2008, 8:08 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 2/17/2008, 8:13 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/17/2008, 8:50 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 2/18/2008, 1:22 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/18/2008, 5:16 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 2/18/2008, 12:44 pm
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Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/18/2008, 8:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2008, 2:04 am
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Mike Scarborough -- 2/17/2008, 9:41 am
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laurent -- 2/17/2008, 4:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2008, 2:03 am
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Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/17/2008, 8:51 am
Not a ramble at all!
Lloyd of Canandaigua------WebKitFormBoundarydD6K+p -- 2/18/2008, 7:10 am
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Mike Braun -- 2/17/2008, 7:23 am
Here . . . .
Dave Gentry -- 2/17/2008, 8:31 am
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John Monroe -- 2/17/2008, 6:49 am
Sheet Steel Built Sailboat. *Pic*
John Monroe -- 2/17/2008, 9:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2008, 2:05 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2008, 1:59 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 2/16/2008, 7:47 pm
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Charlie -- 2/16/2008, 5:43 pm
building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/16/2008, 4:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2008, 2:02 am
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/19/2008, 12:04 am
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 2:30 am
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete? *LINK*
Björn Thomasson -- 2/17/2008, 12:52 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/19/2008, 12:02 am
Very nice looking. *NM*
John Monroe -- 2/18/2008, 5:16 am
Re: Very nice looking. *LINK* *Pic*
Björn Thomasson -- 2/18/2008, 7:02 am
Re: Very nice looking.
Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 2:27 am
Re: Very nice looking. *LINK* *Pic*
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/19/2008, 10:21 am
Re: Very nice looking.
Bill Hamm -- 2/20/2008, 2:01 am
Re: Very nice looking.
Bryan Hansel -- 2/18/2008, 12:46 pm
Re: Very nice looking.
Tom Yost -- 2/18/2008, 10:16 am
Re: Very nice looking. *Pic*
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/18/2008, 8:10 am
Re: Very nice looking.
Björn Thomasson -- 2/18/2008, 9:35 am
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2008, 1:57 am
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete? *Pic*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 2/18/2008, 6:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 2:24 am
feasibility of building a sailboat?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/16/2008, 4:01 pm
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Doug Smith -- 2/16/2008, 4:53 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 2/16/2008, 3:56 pm
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Kudzu -- 2/16/2008, 2:12 pm