Costs for deck and hulls

[mdm4120]

I'm looking for a deck and hull - part built to do up for an around the world trip in the next couple of years. Looking for a 45 footer but don't know kind of costs I would be looking at for this, preferably with a teak deck and rigging also available. Can anyone help as to what the price I should be looking at would be???

Any help would be great

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[dickh]

You could pay anything from 5000 to 50000 - but how about this-
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/F47589/>http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/F47589/</A> but will need a bit of finishing!

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I'd rather be sailing... /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

 

[Mudplugger]

Painted inside & Out, 40' Steel Hull, Deck, Windows,Portholes, Deck Saloon Windows, Engine & Stern Gear,Deck Fittings,Intenally Foamed, but not Fitted out, Rudder, Ballasted. surveyors Valuation for Insurance Purposes. 85K.... HTH.. Tony W.

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[pvb]

Are you sure?

Are you sure you know what you're letting yourself in for? The usual reason for "part-built" boats being sold is that the hapless owners finally realise the enormity of the project - both in work and financial terms. Your comment about teak decks and rigging suggests you might not be too familiar with boatbuilding. Now's the time to investigate! Look for people selling self-built boats, ask them what was involved, the pros and cons, the unexpected, the disappointments. If you go ahead, it will be bloody hard work, but you could save yourself some money. Good luck!

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[William_H]

I would suggest that if you want fibreglass then secondhand completed boat is the way to go. They don't deteriate with age in any structural way and new is so expensive due oil price etc. It also means you can get some sailing experience in to find if you really want to take off around the world. It seems to me circumnavigation can be done in almost any boat but not every sailor can do it and enjoy it. So it is more important to find your own limitations /expectations /preferences by getting a boat and getting experience than spending the time building the boat. People who build boats would probably have to admit that it iis often the building rather than the sailing they enjoy which is ok but a great dissapointment if you spend years building then turn back hating sailing after a short time. (as so many do) buy smaller buy now and start sailing. regards will

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[rogerthebodger]

Over the last month I have been looking for the same as you and I have found 6 or 7 ranging from approx 5000 to 33000 pounds all steel in various states of completion. This is cheep by UK standards. There is a catch. They are all in south africa. This could be an advantage of sunny wheather cheep labour. There was a series of articles in PBO last year of this can't remember dates. I you are interested PM me

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[snowleopard]

once you have a dec k & hull, about 25% of the work is done. to complete and get ready to go in 2 years is optimistic unless you have 2 or more people working on it full time.

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