In our area(as an average):
$10/ft haul, pressure wash, block, launch
$15/ft two coats of paint on the bottom.
4 gallons of whatever good paint you want, retail price, ususally around $800-$900 for good stuff( lets say $22/ft)
4 hours prepping, priming, painting running gear $75/hr, 4 hours, $300(divided by 42 equals $7/ft ) assuming a twin screw vessel with exposed shafts on this, not my single srew full keel)
Add on another $250 for running gear paint, suits, tape, brushes, miscelaneous storage* and environmental feesm just shy of $6/ft.
My math looks like about $60/ft for a 42' boat with twin screws and exposed shafts (lets say we prime and put Tri-lux on them), two coats of higher end retail paint, and the yard doing all of the work...forgot to include time and materials to replace the zincs in that number...and of course the other things that will be found such as worn cutlass bearings, dinged props, mis-alingments, blisters, failing thru-hulls, sea cocks that need servicing, broken clamshells..........am I forgetting anything?*
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I know it can be done cheaper but I think the things below the waterline are important and should be painted properly!
-- Edited by JMYSS on Friday 3rd of September 2010 08:26:34 PM