Rough costs: heads, heads compartment, heating, hot water, cockpit tent, delivery

[Ubergeekian]

If the heads compartment is there, installation of heads is basically purchase of toilet, hoses and sea cocks (£300), cut two holes in hull, make two bearers (if not in heads compartments as built, fit. That sounds like a day's work, maybe two.

Got a quote through to get the heads installation carried-out on the Forth. Here’s what was detailed:

1) Jabsco toilet compact bowl £149.8, or regular bowl £179.75
2) Seacocks and skin fittings £80
3) Other sikaflex, pipes, hose clips £50
4) Labour to fit toilets including seacocks and all fixture & fittings about 12hours (£25 per hour inc. vat)

So that comes in at around £300 for the bits, and £300 for the labour.

Am I good or what?

£600 is well short of £2000, but what about the joinery, headlinings, lighting, sink, taps, sundry hardware items, finishing?

The OP has always been clear that "toilet installation" was to be considered separately from "build heads compartment". Maybe keeping the toilet in the forecabin is an option - you're not a true sailor until you've tried to sleep with straining buttocks six inches from your head. Been there, done that, got the therapist's bills.

 

[Chris Davison]

Cockpit tent.

Cockpit tents varty wildly depending on your spec etc. The most basic form that you sling over or under a boom and only use in harbour is around £200. The type with metal framework at each end and jip out doors in the middle will cost between 1k and 2k depending on size and completxity. I you let me know where the boat is i can have a look and give you an accurate price. Chris Davison. Ullman Sails UK.

 

[yodave]

@ Ubergeekian

Yes, thanks ...you were right on the money.

As for your suggested 'rights of passage' to becoming a true sailor ...I think I might just pass on that one.

 

[yodave]

This has taken longer than I thought, and there have been many unforeseen costs which have shaped my overall spend and spend rate.

Here's a quick update of the best prices I could achieve in the real world:

- Installation of heads; still to action - £600/£700
- Build of separate heads compartment; still to action - £1300
- Heating; still to do - unknown, on hold
- Hot water; still to do - unknown, on hold
- Cockpit tent [aft cabin layout]; in progress - £1900
- Delivery from Amsterdam to Edinburgh; in progress - circa £1750

Hope this info might be of use to someone else in the future.