mofish62 Posted April 25, 2015 Report Posted April 25, 2015 I understand that there are many builders of the Stephenson 'Weekender' on this site. I just ordered plans (on impulse) and I was curious what the total build cost would be. It certainly doesn't seem like it would be very much but I'm curious to ask those with personal experience. Thanks in advance. Quote
MisterMoon Posted April 27, 2015 Report Posted April 27, 2015 The cost of any boat building project will be three times as much as you tell your wife it will be. On a more serious note (not that my first statement is wrong), the real answer is "it depends". It depends on what quality materials you use, how you source them, how you source sails and sailing gear, and what level of finish you desire. I can't speak for a Weekender since I've never built one (not a fan), but assuming the cheapest possible build is 1, you could spend anywhere between 1 and 5. 1 Quote
PAR Posted April 28, 2015 Report Posted April 28, 2015 Welcome to the forum. Once you get the BOM in your hands, you can work up some costs though your local sources. Quote
Ken_Potts Posted May 1, 2015 Report Posted May 1, 2015 Welcome to the forum. There are lots of good people here and we do have a good number of Weekender builders. Hopefully some will chime in with their experience. Quote
Frank Hagan Posted May 1, 2015 Report Posted May 1, 2015 Back in 2001, I spent $2,561. Here's the log of my costs back then: http://www.frankhagan.com/weekender/boatcost.htm The single most expensive items: sails from Stephenson's Projects ($475). In California, when I registered the boat at the DMV, they requested the receipts to see if I had paid sales tax on the materials. That avoided paying sales tax on the boat value (which was $2,561, the cost of the materials). Quote
Charlie Jones Posted August 2, 2015 Report Posted August 2, 2015 On the one I built, in 1999, SailRite provided kits for the sails. Can't say if they still would. Quote
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