Dinghy kit building,Optimists and other.

We are asked on quite a regular basis will we build our kits,its not really what we do but now and again we ask a proffesional or two to look at the project,anything from an Argie 10 dinghy to a Didi 26 so far.One of the builders we work with was here yesterday,I showed him an Optimist kit thats about to be packed and sent to Switzerland,would he be interested in building our Optimist wood/epoxy kits I asked?

One of our Optimist kits built up and sailing.

At first it was clear he was not very keen but as he has just completed one of our Argie 15 kits I asked why not the Optimist,it seems when he tried once in the past,cutting by hand he discovered the plans were wrong and nothing much fitted but as soon as I showed him our special builders jig and precut plywood panels he changed his mind.The way it will work is we sell him the kit and he builds you the boat,the account for his labour is direct to the customer.