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For the benefit of anyone contemplating a similar boat, here's the time and money being devoted to my "Egret"
That this project should be a time sink of enormous proportions is no surprise to me, as I have experience with a smaller stitch-and-tape project as well as a lot of general construction experience. I imagine a first-time builder setting out on a large project would be unpleasantly surprised by the investment of time it represents. When it's done, I'll divide the expenses out by hull, rig, tools, etc.
Running Total: |
Hours | Boat Expense (US$) | Other Costs (US$) | |
| 527.75 | 8642.24 | 584.34 | ||
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| Date | Subject | Hours | Expense (US$) | Other Costs(US$) |
| July 4, 2003 | Lumber trip, lofted molds, cut laminations for stem and stern. Molds for station 1-6 built | 10.0 | 150.66 | |
| July 5, | Finished molds, began set-up | 4.0 | ||
| July 6 & 7 | Squared-up molds and began adding diagonals | 2.75 | ||
| July 9 | Laminating stern pieces | 1.0 | ||
| July 10 | Laminating stern and stern pieces | 1.0 | ||
| July 11 | Porter-Cable Power Plane | 197.58 | ||
| July 11 | Bevel stern assembly | .50 | ||
| July 12 | Lofted deck beam curves, lumber trip | 3.5 | 363.74 | |
| July 13 | Molds completed, garage door closure built | 8 | 37.83 | |
| July 14-15 | Adjust molds, rip keelson sections | 1.5 | ||
| July 16 | Rip chine/sheer stringer laminations, finish bevelling and set up stem lamination, secure first keelson section to stem. | 3.5 | ||
| July 17 | Laminating keelson, cutting bending ducks | 4.5 | ||
| July 17 | Ring shank boat nails | 175.00 | ||
| July 18-20 | Laminating keelson, sheer stirngers. | 17 | ||
| July 22-23 | Laminating sheer stringers, proof of concept test for mast hoop laminations, final version of mast hoop form built. | 5.5 | ||
| July 24 | Laminating sheer stringers, ripping mast hoop stock for first run of hoops | 2.0 | ||
| July 25 | Laminating sheer stringers, keelson, etc. | 3.0 | 103.56 | |
| July 26-27 | Sheer stringers completed, forward chine ends rabbetted, keelson finished. | 13.0 | 152.30 | |
| July 28 | Rabbet keeslon for chine stringers. Continue laminating chines forward. | 3.0 | ||
| July 29 | Continue laminating chines. | 2.0 | ||
| July30- 31 | Continue laminating chines, ripped mast hoop stock | 5 | 547.42 | |
| August 1 | Chines done, rabbetted for frames | 9.0 | 150.87 | |
| August 2 | Almost all frames cut and fit | 11.0 | 698.99 | |
| August 3 | Frames completed, test rigging block design | 9.0 | ||
| August 4 | Grind, sand, and epoxy prime framing | 8.0 | ||
| August 5-7 | Rough cut side panels, hang 2 after pre-soaking all in epoxy. Hang side panels and trim flush to chine stringer | 17.0 | 44.20 | |
| August 8-12 | Bottom panels cut and laid down, trimmed flush | 14.0 | ||
| August 19 | Lamination testing | 1.0 | 30.66 | |
| August 23 | Sheave fabrication | 2.0 | 13.57 | |
| September 20- 28 | Outer laminations | 11.5 | 874.58 | 72.83 |
| October 5-12 | Outer laminations | 16.0 | ||
| October 13-19 | Outer hull laminations and trimming overhangs, replacing all temporary screws with final nails. Beginning to grind/fair hull. | 10.5 | 101.50 | |
| November 9 | Yet more epoxy and cloth | 503.50 | ||
| March 1-10, 2004 | Fiddling about with blocks and learning a bit about sail sewing | 3.0 | 276.98 | |
| March 11-25 | Fiddling about with blocks and learning a bit about sail sewing | 6.0 | 84.09 | |
| April 20 | 1840 pounds of lead bricks | 97.52 | ||
| April 21-25 | Finishing blocks, begin centerboard trunk | 4.0 | 20.25 | |
| May 1-3 | Centerboard trunk | 1.5 | ||
| May 3-10 | Centerboard trunk | 1.5 | ||
| May 16 | Centerboard trunk | 2.5 | ||
| May 22-23 | Centerboard trunk-hang in place/mark for trimming | 3.5 | ||
| May 28-29 | Glassing centerboard trunk | 2.5 | 89.00 | |
| June 12-13 | Glassing centerboard trunk | 4.0 | ||
| June 19-20 | Hang trunk, first sheathing | 8.5 | ||
| June 25-28 | Hull taping, priming, grinding nail points, molds for deck and cabin beams | 22.0 | ||
| July 13-18 | Glassing hull and laminating beams | 26.0 | 433.83 | 180.73 |
| July 24-25 | Sanding, filling, fairing, sanding deck beams | 8.0 | ||
| July 26 | Bronze Screws | 150.01 | ||
| July 29 | Epoxy and rollers, etc. | 437.23 | ||
| July 30-31 | Gelcoating, sanding | 15.0 | ||
| August 8-9 | Painting, build cradle | 15.0 | ||
| August 7-9 | Sledge bits, misc hardware | 345.25 | ||
| August 12 | Kirby paint | 119.60 | ||
| August 12-13 | Sledge bits, jack stands and tow ropes | 169.20 | ||
| August 14-15 | Rollover, trimming sheer clamps | 20 | ||
| August 16 | Trimming sheer clamps | 2 | ||
| August 20-22 | Trimming sheer clamps, installing deck beams | 17 | ||
| September 4-6 | Cutting floors, painting, cutting flotation | 10 | ||
| September 6 | Lumber and flotation | 161.63 | ||
| September 11-12 | Installing floors and first stern bulkheads | 15 | 6.07 | |
| September 13 | Lumber | 94.18 | ||
| September 18-19 | Foward lazarette, deck carlins, main bulkhead | 10 | ||
| September 20-30 | Small bits and pieces | 15 | ||
| October 1-18 | Small bits and pieces | 12 | 137.68 | |
| October 23-30 | Ceiling and interior trim | 22 | 64.00 | |
| December 22-26 | Small bits and pieces | 16 | 86.93 | |
| February 5-20, 2005 | Decking, CB lamination, interior work | 26.5 | 773.22 | |
| February 26-27, 2005 | Centerboard, deck | 10.5 | ||
| March 2-6, 2005 | Centerboard and deck | 11 | 346.39 | |
| March 12-20, 2005 | Decking, CB lamination, interior work | 20 | ||
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