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On 31 Oct 2003 02:15:38 -0800, (Sean C)
wrote:

looking to
have a change of career from engineering to boat building.

While I do have friends who make a reasonable living in the marine
industry, I have a whole bunch more who stopped because they were
bored with abject poverty. The two who I can think of who seem to make
a reasonable living are both right up at the sharp end - one
specialises in rig engineering for big boats, and the other builds
compents for Olympic sailors.

If you have made huge amounts of dosh in the city and have a personal
pension fund to retire on I can think of few more rewarding careers to
take up, but if you have to feed kids and pay off a mortgage its quite
possible you'll find it a struggle.

The other thing to consider is that the market for traditional wood
boats si shrinking all the time, the price of wood gets dearer and
dearer, but there are now more schools teaching it than ever.

Jim C
http://www.surreyweb.org.uk/ibrsc/docs/jcmail.htm can be used to email me.