Rolf is right.

He is giving the same advice that was given to me.

Pretty much if you want to have the boat quickly and sail then just get a second job for about a year and simply buy the boat.

I think I saved only 15 % of the cost by homebuilding. So don't do it because it will safe you money. Do it because you want to, enjoy the building and sailing something you build yourself or when you to fully control how it is build.

An alternative to complete homebuilding will be to buy two hulls and a mast of a professional builder and do all the other stuff yourself. This will still allow alot of freedom in how the boat is setup finally and gets you still about 50 % of the building enjoyment.

Yet another alternative is to buy one of the fully fitted Alter Cup boats (a handfull are still left) and it will one of the best deals of these years. They got all the new stuff and a price tack that will probably pay anyway when homebuilding but you'll have the boat this may and be sailing the next weekend.

I hear some other F16 sailors are looking into upgrading to an Alter Cup F16 boat themselfs, so second hand F16's are available for a range of asking prices. All these boats are still rather young so they will still give you many years of sailing pleasure at possibly a very attractive price. Mind you, F16's are in demand and so don't expect any extremely cheap offers. In the end you pay for what you get.

Wouter