Rooster Project X

Originally posted by tickler For many years I made handmade kitchens. At best employing 7 men. At worst on my own. I never made much money out of the 7 men but kept all the money when working alone. IKEA sell kitchens which are probably "untouched by human hand". Cheap and exellent quality, I have one myself! It seems to me that there are two options. Bash out boats alone in a garden shed or invest millions and become the IKEA of boatbuilding. Cottage industry never makes money.

Excellent - does that mean we can expect Steve's project to end up being called 'Slaartvart' or 'Booding' or some other made up Scandanavian name?!

Originally posted by Peaky Yes, but how is he going to build them so quickly?  On an automated line?  Lots of people?  Either way, I would imagine it is going to take a hefty investment - I doubt such a facility is currently sitting idle.

I would take a good guess the hulls will be built in China or somewhere very like that.  Cheap labour and production costs, enough bulk to make shipping them affordable,  I would be amazed twice over if they are built in the uk.

When I mentioned the hypothetical purchase of these using grant funding our RYA rep was not at all keen to see money spent on an unproven design.  That is a shame, because especially with interchangeable rigs, they would be an ideal training singlehander.

With an Resin Transfer Moulding process I believe it becomes cost effective to build in the uk if you are making 50+ boats a year.

I would expect that this will give sigificant cost reductions over small scale production,


Edited by foaminatthedeck

No boat-building is even remotely anything like Ikea!

They make ten million Lack tables a year.




Edited by Roy Race

I think Mr Rooster should sub the work out to them! In the other half of the factory they build my £5000 Fiat Panda.