General Question...$$$

[GradySailfish]

Well like Strick said its a tough question. You can make a simply no-frills boat for relatively cheap...or you can go all out and spend lots of $$$. Since you expect to do the work yourself that will save you lots of money as well.

Two things to point out. One, when figuring out expenses, make sure to figure in costs regarding disposables such as grinding disks, sandpaper, brushes, etc ,etc. On my current Sea Craft I must have spend $ 200 in sandpaper alone!

Another thing is that as a rule of thumb, when you figure out your costs and time requirements to complete a project....take that figure and add 50% to it. If you figure a project will cost 10K and take 400 hours....figure it will in actuality cost 15K and take 600 hours.

One more thing...its a labor of love....do it when you feel like working on it, spend what you want to spend. When your tired, stop and go fishing on your friends boat or whatnot. Enjoy the build.

Thats a great deal you gotyourself there. I think I'm going to pick up a nice 23 CC or Scepter and just park it for a future project.

-Alex