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    Thanks Par for the advice. I really do appreciate it. Our conversation has saved me around $500 on the hull material. The timber suppliers here in Sydney have the "most unreasonable" prices.

    But if you search hard enough and find a good supplier you can sometimes wrangle a good deal out of them.

    The Amigo plans were ordered this afternoon and should get them early next week.

    I'm sure I'll have a lot more conversations in the future regarding this build with all the regulars on this sight.

    But for the next 5ish months I will be studying,studying,studying the plans and sourcing material, lead from the wheel weights for the keel; basically anything that doesn't cost too much to salvage,scrounge, beg, borrow and not steal because I am getting married next April and I have to be seen as contributing to it.

    After the wedding, I have permission from the Minister of Finance to go full speed ahead and get it "done" as soon as possible.....God, I laugh when I hear her say that!!!!!!! But she is ok with a two year timeline, and can see the big picture and what it this means in the long run (thats more reason to marry her!!).

    So any tips,advice,hints about looking for this fabled low price material?

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    So any tips,advice,hints about looking for this fabled low price material?
    Yep, stop putting so much sugar in your coffee. Be grateful the one that must be obeyed is on board. Take advantage if this early on, as her "happy place" may not last the length of the project, so you might as well get some good tools and lumber out of the deal while the iron's still hot.

    Lots of Amigo's have been built. The design could use an update to modern methods, which would save materials and labor, but no one as yet has done this (she doesn't need internal frames with some mild adjustments, for example). She's also a much better boat if the station molds are spaced out 10% more then drawn (I was aboard one done this way years ago). Of course you need to be a pretty skilled builder for these "adjustments", but the boat better by every way you measure

    Good luck and good luck with your boat too.


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