Here’s my best estimates. I did not keep an exact daily time sheet, but recorded most elements in shop notebook. These are all pretty decent figures.

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Materials

  • Jarvis – Plans, Ribs, Glass, Plastic Parts (no fin), Epoxy – $600
  • Amazon – Fin, Carry Strap – $35
  • Jamestown – rollers, chip brushes, Captains Varnish, – $112
  • Goosebay – Northern White Pine @ $3.75 ft. 8 boards 5/4 x 14ft – $420
  • Misc Shop Supplies = maybe – $200

TOTAL MATERIALS =  around $1,400

 

Labor

  • Build Strongback – 4 hours 
  • Rip strips – 5 hours
  • Assembly of fishbone – 3 hours 
  • Strip all hull and block – 40 hours 
  • Rails – 5 hours 
  • Front and transom plugs – 3 hours 
  • Form/sand – 4 hours
  • Stain top/bottom – 3 hours
  • Plastic parts (Finbox-3 hours – others 2 hours)
  • Seal coat – 2 hours
  • Glass – 5 hours 
  • Fill coats – 4+ hours
  • Sanding -8 hours 
  • Varnish – about 2 hours per coat
  • Install Bungee and Padding – tbd

TOTAL LABOR  = probably a little less than 100 man-hours