A BETTER SOLUTION TO
KIT BOATS

Are you settling for Kit Boat convenience but shuddering at the cost?

Is there a way to get the convenience and accuracy a kit boat provides, without the high cost?

Yes, find out how right here.

For the home builder, an aluminum kit boat is a wonderful thing. You start with accurate parts, ready for construction. It's a convenient jumpstart to the building process, but these luxuries are expensive. Not necessarily overpriced. Cutting is expensive and shipping the tons of aluminum from the fabricator to you is costly. These are the primary costs that make a kit boat a luxury item. But, there is a way to cut those two expenses and have the accuracy and convenience for a much lower cost.

A little bit about typical Kit Boat production ...

Kit boat designers work with a preferred metal fabrication subcontractor to produce and package their designs. They choose the fabrication subcontractor based on the design and develop a working relationship with these vendors.

The material is cut according to the design requirements and then tons of parts are shipped hundreds or thousands of miles to the customer. The cost of the actual cutting is expensive and understandably, these parts don't fit in a postal "express box" so shipping is costly too.

So what's the solution?

Cutting Files. If the same cutting files that the designer supplies to a metal fabrication subcontractor were available to the home builder, they could contract with a local metal fabrication shop directly. Yahoo, that eliminates the high cost of shipping. Leaving more money for say, those pricey accessories you've been wanting. Yeah, I like this idea ... I'd like to cut my building budget by saving on shipping. Well, hold on - you can save even more...

Full Size Working Patterns

If you are building an aluminum boat and had full size working patterns you could also eliminate the cost of labor for subcontracted cutting. How? Working patterns enable you to easily cut parts youself. If you had patterns, aluminum material and a saw, you can do it. Simply transfer the patterns onto your own aluminum and cut the parts yourself. It can be cut with woodworking equipment - this is the easy part of the job!

Whala! Cost of cutting - gone! More money in the building budget.

Okay - If cutting Files and Working Patterns save a ton of money - where do I find them?