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Koeketiene

Koeketiene

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Guapa this a.m.

Today

Fitted forward toerails (port & starbard)
Fitted pulpit and pushpit
Fitted stanchions

Tomorrow

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End of cork laying - May 15th (give or take a day /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif )

May 15th - May 19th - internal 'restauration' (headlinings back in place + general clean up)

May 20th - launch & stepping of the mast.

Then all our kit back on board and proceed at a leisurely pace towards Ostend in time for the @ Anchor festival.
Then... home

Finally, it's all starting to come together
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Will

Looking good

i do admire you guys that take on these projects, though looking at some others they may be bigger than is realistic. Personally I would have given up and found a different boat.....but then with the problems i have had with a new boat i am beginning to accept that is the reality of our hobby.....

In view of another thread are youre costings/timings coming within your budget/plan?
 
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In view of another thread are youre costings/timings coming within your budget/plan?

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Costings are way off - will run to just short of twice the original.
But then again, the job turned out to be so much bigger than what was originally planned. The fact that we had to strip and then chuck all the marine ply on deck (which we didn't know was there) added to cost & time enormously.
After the first week I already knew... there goes the budget.

Time
On track - Way back in November I told 'the staff' I planned to launch May 19th. And we will. Hell or high water. The fact that the job turned out to be a lot bigger is not my fault, they'd just have to work harder /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Slavery gets sh!t done /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I'm now refitting/overhauling my second boat, so here goes...
When it comes to boat projects the job will always (and I do mean ALWAYS) turn out to be a lot bigger than planned.
Once you start 'digging' you will invariably find something else that needs fixing before you can carry on...

My advise: add at least 50% to your planned budget. Take that figure, and if it's bigger than 50% of the total value of your boat - sell and start over. It's not worth the agro.

That's the 'reasonable' argument - on the other hand, great things have been achieved by unreasonable men.
 
1st rule of project management (learned the hard way)

...things take longer than you think (and usually cost more)

You can sometimes hold one variable (eg time) as fixed if you're prepared to flex cost. Or vice versa. There is rarely a "cake and eat it" solution

(assumes you don't want to mess with the other variable - quality)
 
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My advise: add at least 50% to your planned budget. Take that figure, and if it's bigger than 50% of the total value of your boat - sell and start over. It's not worth the agro.

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As I found yet another problem today I think I am returning to Plan A /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Very pleased to see your refit coming to an end.
 
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