Hello PS builders,
the status of our build is is that we started work on the rubrails and are looking forward to the first flip. We estimate about 750 hours build time in the workshop so far; just counting two-hour-units. We deviated slightly from the manual to reduce the effort in building our PocketShip here ad there. As an example, we do things on the workbench as much as possible (like glassing/epoxying the cabin rear wall) or avoid sanding fillets with the alcohol-finger-trick immediately followed by glassing. Some extra effort might be caused by organizing things in the workshop (it is pretty small), but I doubt this adds more than 10% to the time budget. The 'major' modification are an additional floor for storing things on the port side in between bulkheads 1+2, a watertight compartment below the footwell in between the lazarettes, a wider footwell following this idea and a modification to the foredeck drainage (we will be using mushroom vents). I don't think the modifications have added more than ~30 hours.
Ok, the cabin interior is already painted/varnished, rudder and tiller are done and the internal ballast is ready to be placed. I imagine we will make it in about 1000 hours, which is a significant difference to the 600 hours claimed by CLC. We are building from kit and have built an eastport pram before. Maybe we work too accurately?
If there is anyone who has an estimate on the approximate build time, I would be curious ...
Cheers,
Dietrich