what kind of sails?

[sailingfool]

Originally Posted by camaraderie

OK All..let's cool the Dawg bashing. We have had some offline discussions and Dawg knows he is both highly valued here AND needs to tone it down with the newbies a bit. Lots of you have made similar comments to him. Let's let him have a chance to work on that a bit rather than re-hash the past...for there are few here that have also been as helpful to the newbs. OK?

Hey, not fair, because I had decided this thread was too dumb to follow, I completely missed out on the Dawg bashing opportunity...thinking about this a bit, I want to apologize to the dawg for what I might have said, if I had been able to join the frenzy, although I have to admit, I can't imagine what it could have been.

[Packrat]

I am dropping the whole issue now. I do value this site and the people here. That’s why I hope I may ask foolish questions sometimes without getting kicked in the teeth. I think the sailing community is friendly and as a rule, like an extended family to each other. I wish no one ill. The end.

[rickinnocal]

I happened to stumble on this thread while surfing, and while I agree that the OP was unreasonably optimistic as to costs and work, I also think that some of the posters were even more unreasonably pessimistic.

I am approaching the end of completing a 54' wooden sloop that, like the OP's, never had a mast stepped or any sailing gear installed. While my costs have not been insignificant, they've been far less than the 'worst case' estimates some people have suggested.

Mine have included...

60' Mast - From a big cat that was grounded and wrecked, $750 including standing rigging. About $200 more to have new fittings swaged on after shortening wires as needed. Another couple hundred for Awlgrip, another couple for having it stepped, $50 to have a compression post fabbed, $100 for a step. Total around $1500.

24' Boom - Selden racing boom from a top class racer that upgraded to carbon fiber. $100

Winches - From craigslist, consignment stores and the like, total of $600.

Running rigging - free. Last years halyards, sheets, etc from an ocean racer. Most of these guys replace it all every season.

My biggest single cost was the yard bill for the haul, and the costs associated with it... Antifouling, paint, cutlass bearing, other bits and pieces, lay days. Total was about $3000.

Sails are my only remaining large expense, and I've spent less than $10,000 so far.

Richard