Buying an unfinished boat is not for everyone. On this boat some of the issues had not been resolved (at least not on paper). Two major issues were the bow sprit and the power transfer from the transmission to the propeller shaft.

Earl had designed part of it (the hardest part), but by itself it was incomplete. Fortunately, I was able to imagine the entire assembly and fabricate the entire belt drive system. They had purchased some of the parts the boat would eventually need, such as a spool of stainless rigging cable, Norseman fittings & bronze turnbuckles for the standing rigging. Many of the parts although 40+ years old and antiquated still looked new.

Some parts needed to be replaced as the winches for handling the sails. All in all, the boat will be a New Boat with very modern equipment with a 50 year old design.

So with the few things Mark mentioned above, everything else had to be purchased or made by hand. Mark is very talented and resourceful but everything takes so much time. And then there are all the times that life happens & you don't get to work on the boat like you would like to.