Charlie,

While I appreciate your words of caution, there is no particular need for a team of people to undertake a project like this. A bit of thought and planning is required, but an individual can do this sort of thing. I did, and so I think most anyone can too.

Sam

: I'm rather surprised that your prime considersation involves something at the
: tail end of the process.
: Hulls made with fabric laminates are usually done over molds. The entire
: process is very labor intensive and building the mold can be more
: difficult than laying up the hull. In my view, building a mold for only a
: single hull is not worth the effort.
: If you are experienced go ahead. But, if you are not, attempting something
: like this with an extremely expensive fabric like carbon fiber could be
: risking a lot of money.
: In the years I have monitored this site there have been dozens of
: propositions like yours but only one person ever came back with evidence
: that the project was successful. And that individual seemed to be part of
: a crew of who shared the burdensome workload and the expense.
: Don't mean to be negative. I looked into this some years ago and concluded it
: wasn't a project for a lone indiviual and it had the downside of being
: very easy to screw up.