Tomek,

I would wildly guess that you could have a hull built with
- 3-4000hrs of work at $x/hr
- about 15 tons of material

This gives you a sum which is about 15-25% of the total costs. The woodwork would be
another 20-25%.
Or, the price of material and equipment in professionally built custom boat is about
30-40% of the total price. The rest is work at $x/hr. The more you can do yourself
(without standing in pro´s way) the more you can save. Of course, you can count on paying
at least 20% more for anything than boatyard.
The total hours to build a custom 55ft blue water cruiser could be about 15000 hours, when
done by professionals.
You can save by spending your time looking for good deals on materials and equipment and
not buying electronics, the engine and gearbox until last possible moment.
I know one boat builder in Finland who built a 60ft GRP sailboat in ten years working
full-time on his boat. He did absolutely everything by himself: hull, hydraulics, woodwork
and even GRP mast!

Best regards,

Heikki
Limimetalli.com


Tomek wrote:

-How much is to buy a 55 ft alloy hull of a blue water cruiser for further development
(just hull, pure alloy no equipment)?
-How much is to equipe it only with wooden furnitures?
-I ask because its easy to find prices for electronics, engine etc. but couldnt find
any information concerning above.
-How meny % can be saved or wasted on buying things separately and commision experts to
put things together and doing minor works myself

I am 29 and would like to spend my 40th birthday on the yacht which will become my home
when I`ll retire. 11 years is plenty of time and I am not in the hurry

"Heikki" wrote in message
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Tomek,


snipe

(without standing in pro´s way) the more you can save. Of course, you can
count on paying at least 20% more for anything than boatyard.

snipe

You can save by spending your time looking for good deals on materials and
equipment and not buying electronics, the engine and gearbox until last
possible moment.


It is true that the boat yard get a better price than the average boater,
but they then turn around and mark everything up to retail list price.

I strongly recommend approaching several wholesale/retail suppliers, telling
them of the magnitude of your project and get a wholesale or builders
account. With West Marine that would be a Port Supply account and with Boat
US (it was) Boat America account.

Here in the Seattle area Fisheries Supply has commercial accounts that give
you priced that are as much as 25-40% below retail. They even provide a
special catalog/confidential price list. Many cruiser open a commercial cash
account while outfitting to take advantage of this..

Steve
s/v Good Intentions