by decurtis on Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:10 am
There is probably a lot of convenience in ordering the hardware kits and I would have seriously considered them for that fact if they had been available when I needed them for my Pocketship. However, I did save almost $1000 by sourcing them myself as outlined below. Most of my hardware was purchased from the vendors listed on my blog.
Sailboat hardware (includes all sailing hardware, hull hardware, running rigging) $2568 CDN.
CLC sells all of this in 3 kits for $2467 US which with shipping, exchange, and taxes would have cost me about $3496 CDN.
My hardware also includes brass deadlights, turnbuckles, gudgeon and pintles which is probably about a $300 upgrade from the CLC kits.