How long does a 5 minute job takes on a boat

[mainshiptom]

The answer is a minimum of 6 hours,

Started to take the radar down from the mast on Saturday morning! Well is should not take long: 4 nuts to release and one electrical cable! Easy!

Well 1 minute in to the job a mate came a long for a quick coffee! An hour later and an other mate (raggie) is off on his boat, well join for coffee first!

Two hours later an other guy (raggie as well?) just came in with his family, ok an other coffee (we will run out of milk at this pace),

Ok Four hours later after god knows how many coffees and toasted sandwiches and I am back to the job!

An other four minutes and it should be down, Swmbo is down now to help... ok everything is covered and protected dear!

Well that was a quick job Radar is down but maybe not in 5 minutes..

Will it work again? I did label all wires that I disconnected!

Even this post I had to do in three sessions..

It is never easy?

Tom


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[kingfisher]

Boat projects time estimation formula

Take your original estimate, double it and go up one unit.

Example: your "5 minute" job
1) Double it: 10 minutes
2) Up one unit: 10 hours

Cost formula is similar (double it, add zero)

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[Dave_Snelson]

Well I had to laugh. Had a very similar experience on my boat on Sunday. Moored up and started to do some work, bits and bobs, nothing significant. Friend pulls up on his Shetland (boat, not horse!) and we sit and chat. Another friend pulls up on an old fishing boat - and he starts to tinker.

Before you know it, SWMBO is on the phone giving me down the banks for being such a long time!!

Oh, how time flies. One hour motoring, 3 hours tinkering!

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