On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 20:12:21 +0100, GK wrote:

I am considering to build a Bruce Roberts 370 D.
I have read some pro´s and contra´s concerning his design.
What is your opinion ?

concerning the prices: My very personal opinion is that
the cutting files for the 370 D (!) for about US$ 8 T are overpriced,
as well as to buy the precut steel for about US$ 30 T, only the steel
precut, not the complete steel caso.

I have an offer from a (professional) shipyard which offers me to build
the caso,
based on the 370 D study plans, for less.
What is your opinion about this ?
Is this possible from the technical point of view ?

This might be heretical in a boat-building forum, but there are so
many thousands of Bruce Roberts boats out there, ranging from utter
crap to better than factory, that you could simply buy a hull and
finish it and save a lot of months, or you could gut a crap interior
on a good hull and do that.

Now, as to whether you consider Bruce Roberts's designs to be decent,
or capable of being executed in a seaworthy fashion, is another thing
entirely.

R.