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Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 2/19/2008, 2:24 am
In Response To: Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete? *Pic* (Dan Caouette (CSFW))

: Case in point: my best friend from college and her husband bought the
: "Bullfrog," a 1978 29' Bristol (fiberglass hull), last year for
: about $8000. It was in very fair shape and sail-able when they bought it.
: Since then they've spent about a thousand bucks getting it how they want
: it (new paint, varnish, electronics, etc). Fun little boat.

: It'd be impossible to build one for that price. I had thought about building
: my own that size as well some day. Now I'm leaning on buying a used hull,
: gutting it, and at least redoing all the wood work, the fun part. I know
: the temptation of wanting to build your own sailboat. I have it as well.

: Dan

Hi Dan,

I did the same thing a number of years ago with a 30' Pearson. Older boat but only paid $6k for it and very heavily built. Couldn't have bought the rig and sails for that for a homebuilt.

The biggest thing prospective boat builders forget is once you have the hull built you've got perhaps 5% of the project done both in time and cost. Fitting out that hull is wildly time consuming and the materials are awfully expensive. Very much unlike building a kayak where once you've got the hull built, you're almost done.

Bill H.

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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
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
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
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
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
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
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