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Building a 18' Custom Carolina in a single car garage (Very Tight)
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RE: Building a 18' Custom Carolina in a single car garage (Very Tight)
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cbboatworks - 12/1/2008 7:22 PM
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SEATOAD - 12/1/2008 1:02 PM
Very cool looking little boat... what is the projected build cost?
Seatoad
At this time I can not give a material cost, I can tell you what I would charge to build one for a customer, you are looking at or around $2200.00 a foot for a builder to build one. hope this helps. Thanks
Wow.....thats about 40K for that 18 footer. Not saying the quality won't be worth the money. But how many boats can a good builder do in a year? I guess the question is about how many hours does it take from start to rigging time?
Re: Building a 18' Custom Carolina in a single car garage (Very Tight)
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andrewcat - 12/28/2008 7:36 AM
Gene,
Your really running out of room now!
I like the look of the plywood frames......
talk to you soon.
Andrew
You are right I am all out of room I cut the 16' from the same material that we cut your jig from. If this jig was inside I would have rather used the MDF. talk to you later
Re: Building a 18' Custom Carolina in a single car garage (Very Tight)
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robert1 - 12/28/2008 6:15 PM
I am also interested in the pricing on the 18
Hello Robert
We have a number of Jigs available we have the 16' flats, two 18's that are a little different,we have a 22',two different 25's a 26',32',38' and a 44' we also can do custom sizes. I sent you a PM thanks for looking at my builds.
Re: Building a 18' Custom Carolina in a single car garage (Very Tight)
I know you guys are thinking, "Where are the build pictures??????" Well, to tell you the truth we have been so busy drawing and creating cut files for this 18' that I havent had any time to work on the actual build. When we are finished we will be able to cut every piece of this hull on the CNC router, including all the interior pieces. After it is all said and done we will have all the parts at hand and all parts will be numbered and will fit like a puzzle. I am adding a few more pictures of what we have been working on, They show the interior, console, and gas tank etc. Thanks for looking.
Re: Building a 18' Custom Carolina in a single car garage (Very Tight)
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Tarbaby - 1/7/2009 2:51 AM
That console looks mighty familiar........
Hello Shay
Well, as the old saying goes, "Imitation is the highest form of flattery." In other words, if we were not impressed with your work we would not have based our console model on yours. We looked at hundreds of consoles and we did not see anything that fit our liking or our needs. This is the design we went with for the hull. We may eventually change the console for a more rounded model, but it will be some time before I get that far along in the build. Thanks.
Re: Building a 18' Custom Carolina in a single car garage (Very Tight) 
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I cut the 16' from the same material that we cut your jig from. If this jig was inside I would have rather used the MDF. talk to you later 
