> I think 300 hours might be a little conservative. I sure like to see a
> thread from Joe and the other production guys on fast building. Where you
> get one month from first strip to glass I'd like to know!

Hi Don,

I have built kitchens( cabinets only ) in a relaxed environment, and it would take a month. When your livelyhood is involved.......well, I used to build about 3 kitchens a day with the boss standing over me. When we build for fun, we drink a lot of soda, coffee, some smoke a lot of cigarettes, we do a lot of thinking between steps, testing new ideas to save time, answer the phone, type our HELP messages to the BBS and much more. You probably waste 3x the amount of time as you are working. That's where the therapy comes in. When you lose all that, it's work!! Plus, in a shop, you can build 2 or 3 boats at the same time, just working on the same steps on each. Lots of time savings, but, no fun!

Rehd All staples?
> Maybe I'm just slow. I started my Spring Run in November, and probably
> have 200+ hours so far, including all the strongback, prep, milling, all
> of it. I am almost ready to start glassing. The difficulty of the deck
> pattern will change the hours quite a bit.

> So I'm high on hours, but the wood and all the strongback materials have
> only cost me about $20.00 so far (I used a third of some redwood I bought,
> and the rest is recycled). I dont count tools toward the boat, they are in
> the "shop" category. Glass/epoxy will be $250 or so. That puts
> me low in cost, under $300.00. Likeley to be up to $500 with a new spray
> skirt, compass, deck rigging...