Well I loved the boatbuilding community in
Rhode Island having worked for a few of them including TPI...a huge amount of talent fully capable of fixing it correctly.
The job is significantly challenging and the costs are ill defined at this point because I, or any other
boatbuilder, would need more specifics as to your plans.
The #1 ...question remains ...WHY. What do you want from this conversion.
2. What will you have when you are done
3. Either you are an extremely talented
boatbuilder and have the time and funds or you are not.
4. If not...do not believe cost “estimates” because it is very, very difficult to hit that number with any accuracy. The wealthy even have issues with wild cost over runs and wealthy sailors typically go the custom boat
route, not conversions.
5. Risk.
Race boats have large crews because that’s what you need to push it to the max...that...is what the boat was designed for...not cruising.
So all of the designer’s criter for building a
race boat are now going to be ignored.
Every
single criteria or number, every line a professional drew to attain a specific end will be changed because the goal is no longer
racing but cruising.
Now...you could retain another
designer to assist you in the conversion, but that requires more funds. Or...you can try it yourself.
So #3 should read...are you both a talented boatbuilder and naval architect?
If you think you will save
money and end up with a fast cruiser, then go for it.
You could recoup expenses by a blog or better a book.
I knew exactly what I wanted Ted Brewer to include in my custom design, but I knew well enough, it takes a professional to push the numbers and pencil.
Boatbuilders create a thing out of an idea on paper. Asking them to do both is fraught with dangerous outcomes and unpredictable expenses.
Happy trails to you.
Captain Mark and his stuffies and cold
beer manatee crew.
( it’s a quahog clam chopped up with stuffing and tied with string for baking...only surpassed the Portuguese sausage ,Linguica, barbecued on a Portuguese roll.