Gypsy Moth 4 - cost of refurb

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Whilst i wholeheartedly agree with the refurbishment, £600k seems an awful lot of money to spend on it especially as most of the big kit - engine, sails etc were donated FOC and Camper and Nic were apparently carrying out the work at cost! 9000 man hours as reported. - am I missing something?
 
I suspect that the level of rot was so bad, that costs for re-furbish were more than if they had been starting from scratch. They have done a lovely job.
 
Great way to spend 600k ,thats probably(?) the cost of 12 speed cameras..

Anyone know how the modifications to the steering worked out ?
 
Was in Cowes today and saw her come into the yacht haven. To say she is in immaculate condition is an understatement, cannot believe she is the same yacht as the ruin we say at Greenwich some years ago
 
Well done, IPC Magazines.

I was not a supporter of the project; I was wrong.

Now, how about doing the same thing with the other entombed corpse at Greenwich?
 
Having done a restoration on a yacht with rot - I can assure you that it takes as much time to get out the rotten stuff without damaging the good, as it does to replace it with good. I am not at all suprised at the costs.
And how nice to see money spent on such a project. Well done !
Ken
 
I am sure it took 9000hrs but £660k is a very good rate per hour, say all the major elements were donated and the other materials came to 100k which is a lot of materials, then the labour etc came to over £55 per hour, what did they have a load of solicitors working on it?
 
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Great way to spend 600k ,thats probably(?) the cost of 12 speed cameras..

Anyone know how the modifications to the steering worked out ?

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You probably work for a government dept
 
Yes, get Cutty Sark fixed up and back on the water as soon as possible. Big sailing vessels are being restored to service all over the world and I can't think of a better time to do it. The Dutch even built a new one - Stad Amsterdam - and the Australians restored their 3 masted barque James Craig with a quarter of the population base as the UK.
Re: Gipsy Moth refurb., a more cost efficient plan would have been to send her deck cargo to Australia or New Zealand, have the work done there and then send her back deck cargo. I can almost guarantee it would have cost 300k.
 
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well... some of her is the same boat you saw in Greenwich!

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To be honest, most of what you see from the water IS the original boat, with the exception of the capping rails and the first foot or so of the bow. The rig is original (with new running and standing rigging) the topsides have had smallish patches, the self steering is original, the coach roof had a patch, but all the deck fitting that could be saved were...most of the major expensive work was under the waterline, stern-post, rudder and keel etc.

It's NOT as if the minimum of the original boat has been kept to satisfy the restore/rebuild quota...she's the same boat just without the rot /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
I don't care either way. I went to school in Greenwich and remember the hullabaloo when the old chap came up the Thames. I'm happy it was saved, I think, though like others it does seem to me have been a lot of lolly. But then my 26 ft boat - built just about when he set out - cost £3800 at the time, which was the price of a house in some parts of London then. Perhaps prices haven't moved on as much as people think.
 
The redesigned rudder is deeper and slightly narrower than the original, the aim being to make her lighter and more balanced on the helm. I took part in the first proper sail trials and a report of the experience will be appearing in the next issue of YM.

To summarise, she is not the boat Chichester described in 'Gypsy Moth Cirlces the World', but she's not perfect either
 
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