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Just curious which one of us holds the record for taking the most time to build one of these boats??? I am going on 18mos (partially because I moved from Boston to Houston, but mostly because I am slow and easily overwhelmed!). I have really enjoyed the project and am finally coming to the end. Just need to slap some varnish and paint on the MC 16.5 (probably take me another 2 wks- seriously). Anybody out there taken longer than 18mos, and still completed the boat?
3 replies:
RE: Record for longest build
Mine has to be up there. I purchased my kit in November 1997 and launched my Chesapeake 18 in July 2007. Obviously I was not working on it the entire time, it sat for a many a year in the same condition. I'm very happy that I got back to it and completed it.
Jim
RE: Record for longest build
I've been working on my MC13 so sporadically, the only real progress I've made in recent weeks is naming the it "Chinese Democracy" ....that's a Guns & Roses joke for the uninformed.
RE: Record for longest build
» Submitted by John, CLC - Sat, 7/12/08 » 4:05 PM
It's going to take more than 18 months to win the prize... A couple of times a month I get a call or email from someone who has discovered or inherited an unopened kit box. Some of them are from 1994! Just trying to remember what was included, say, in a Cape Charles 15.5 kit is a challenge.