Money dicing

Like most normal people, I don't like to talk about money. Since this project is being done more for the benefit of the general public, I'll get over my natural reticence.

Here's where we are on the money aspect of the Microskiff so far:

• Plywood panels - 6 x 13.95 each (100.00 tax included)
• Pine for stringers, cleats, foils & chine logs - (67.50 tax included)
• Bamboo for spars - 13.18 plus 87.75 shipping (ouch!) (110.00 tax included)
• Styrofoam panels (3) - (26.00 tax included)
• CNC cutting of plywood - (120.00 tax included)
• Designer fees - (75.00 tax included)

That brings my total to $498.50 so far. This doesn't include the adhesives, shop supplies, screws etc. Robert is tracking his expenses there and will update. Also to be added is the Tyvek for the sail, pintles & gudgeons, blocks, cleats & cordage. The sailboat-specific stuff from The Chandlery is expensive - it is easy to spend 100.00 bucks there on a project like this. I'm hoping I can get pintles & gudgeons from Phil & Dave at Phil's Foils / Competition Composites at a better price.

By the seat of my pants, guessing the Tyvek to be cheap and the PL-300 to be 6.29 for the big tubes (x 6) (37.74 plus tax) screws at 15.00 - say another 100.00 total for supplies.

Robert and I are splitting the shipping fees for the Bamboo, so that will be lower by half in reality. I bought a little extra Bamboo just in case (and because Eric wanted a 3"x8' piece for a project). Bambooworld had a $40.00 minimum order in any case - the shipping is the same for one or two boats - has to do with overlength penalties and whatever from BC. Add $50 for paint.

Adding all this up comes to a build price (estimated) totalling $750 Canadian dollars taxes included. This "estimate" will get better as we collect receipts for the stuff I don't have an exact handle on. I think this is pretty accurate on first review. Sure looks better than $3000+ for an O'pen Bic!

All this is assuming no labor costs and no tool purchase cost. The CNC cutting cost of $120 could be eliminated, but there would be an attendant bump in the designer fees if Eric has to supply full size templates for lofting self-cut plywood.

Postscript (July 19): Robert has pulled together his numbers as well - a bunch of his "actual" numbers are much higher due to emergency buys (at twice the price of a mega building center) at rural shops, and overbuys of Styrofoam etc. I'm trying to use this section to figure out a projected price for people who buy "just enough" materials at lowest cost instead of the real world mistakes he and I make because it has never been built before. I'm going to buy his Styrofoam overstock, so his actual spend will drop a little. Robert also bought all Eliane's final paint etc.