refit crisis

[ssanzone]

i am looking for a bit of help from a local...

work has me leaving the san fran bay for new haven (i know... its winter over there).

the plan was to splash in a month or 2 and sail home to boston (after hawaii, alaska and seattle) thru the canal.

i can either afford to sail or afford to finish the boat and splash but not both (hence going back to work)

so i have a few options...

1. keep the boat here and sub out the remaining work
2. fly into SF most weekends and finish the work myself
3. some version of 1 & 2
4. scrap the cruising plan and ship the boat to CT

which leads me to my question...

any recommendations on a working yard around new haven?

he only only consideration is... i have a pretty significant (45%) discount at my local chandlery and know pretty much every vendor i might need (riggers, canvas, sail makers etc).

thoughts?

-steve

[Weyalan]

My guess is that sub-contracting the work that you would otherwise have done yourself is going to be damned expensive.

[ssanzone]

it will be... and flying back and forth between coasts a few weekends a month will be too as will trucking her to the east.

-s

[gjordan]

I dont know current trucking prices, but 10k$ sounds reasonable. Sub contractors could run up 10K$ in a heart beat. If you are not there to manage subs, they can run away with your wallet. If you normally do your own work, then truck it. Just my 2 cents worth. _____Grant.

[ssanzone]

grant,

i am thinking the same and your numbers are the same i have in my head.

assuming i do scrap the pacific sailing, i still need to find a yard where i can do my own work (including paint) in CT.

-steve

[Stu Jackson]

Uhm, whatever you do, working on the boat in SF is gotta be a lot better than winter in as-beautiful-as-it-is New England in December...

[nimblemotors]

I'd keep looking for a job in the sfbay! Otherwise, I'd move to the delta for cheap storage until you can get back here to finish it.

[ssanzone]

stu, washing my hair with honey and doing a head stand on a fire ant hill would be better than winter in new england.

jack, the type of work i do is very very specialized so i go where the work is. good idea about the delta.

-s