Thank you for the advice, these are all very good points.

Well first thing: I would say I am a fixer upper that is learning to be a
sailor and would like to be a boat builder. By the time the project would
start then I will be a Sailor and have some experience as a boat builder,
although not of this type of boat.

Next, the plans I am considering come with detailed parts and materials
liststhat I will price before starting the build to have an exact cost and
detailed plans that I can try to plan when I will do what. Realistically, I
will probably not have all of the funds in the begining of the build but I
should have about 50% of them before ever starting. The one thing I will not
know at that point is how long each task will take.

I will spend a lot of time in planning so that I do not make any really big
changes in design so i think that this will help me to stay on schedule.

Thanks again for the advice anything else you might want to contribute would
be most appreciated.