It's been my dream for years to save up enough money to buy a passagemaker take-apart gunter sloop kit. I just began my PMD take apart build and it's been a pretty frustrating experience so far to say the least. I'm wondering if anyone has had similar challenges.

#1 - The manual has already had several mistakes around what the take apart bulkhead is and whether or not the doublers are glued to that bulkhead or the forward bulkhead that has tabs and fits into the bottom hull piece. pgs 19, 45, 46, and 59 all seemingly contradict each other on this. 

#2 - I had several hull panels that came damaged, splitting, rotted etc. (CLC fortunately did send replacements for these at no cost). Several parts were just straight up missing, and the puzzle joints on several of the panels were so inconsistent and misaligned causing there to be gaps after gluing. The two big bottom panels were so bad that it because literally impossible to align them flat during gluing. I put over 100lbs on this joint during the curing process and it still didn't lay flat. After the epoxy had cured, I had no choice but to sand them farther down so as to be smooth resulting in low/black spots in the veneer. I sent a hail mary request into CLC to see if they would replace those panels as well, but they refused to own up to misaligned puzzle joints and blamed me for just sanding too far. (even though i didn't see what else I could've done.) They just sent me a quote for $500+ to buy new bottom panels. Um...no.

#3 - My hull panels came labeled incorrectly. In the manual they're labeled 1-9, but only came with stickers 1-4 port and strbd. Also my #4 panels were labeled #1 and my number #1 panels were labeled #4. 

For having spent nearly $4k on this kit, it's been a pretty frustrating process so far to say the least. I sure hope I'm able to finish without having to buy replacement parts. 

If by some miracle I actually finish this boat, it will for sure be named "Persistance."