Mr D: I haven't even posted half the work that I did yet. It would be impossible to do all this work by myself or even with Sonny's help in one year. As I stated at the beginning of this thread I have med issues that prevent me from doing all but light work. But on the other hand I used very few contractors. My main job was to be a superintendent on the job site. I knew what I wanted to do and made sure that labor knew what it was on a daily or sometimes hourly basis. For the most part I had a three man crew consisting of Sonny and two helpers. One of the helpers was as good at carpentry work as Sonny. When we were shooting paint we brought in another man who works at a body shop as a shooter. So we actually only had him for a couple of days to do topcoat. Lower coats that were to be sanded anyway were shot by my crew.
Their weakness was electrical, mechanical and plumbing. I did a fair bit of that myself. I also hired another live aboard at the marina who is a mechanic for the railroad. I had him for about ten days to do some of the trickier or heavier stuff. He had access at work to the right tools and he made up the heavy gauge wiring for the bow thruster as well as other projects I have not posted about.
The countertop was installed by professionals although I sourced the Quartz and brought it to them for cutting, polishing and installation
Fuel polishing with the centrifuge was done by a contractor. (1,000 gallons cost me $400)
I spent a lot of time sourcing material, picking up and delivering.
Electronics were professionally installed. New canvas work was contracted. The Bimini was refurbished by myself and friends with a Sailright.
If the whole job were to be entirely subbed out to a shipyard with contractors I would guess the cost would at least double and the cost would exceed the newly restored value of the boat. For an example I got a shipyard quote for installation of the bow thruster for $16,000. My cost all in to do it myself with my crew was $5,200 inclusive of the machine and parts.
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