With respect to my timber Taipan F16 project, I've spend some 13.000 Euro's to build it to a full spec sloop with spinnaker boat. At the time a Taipan F16 from AHPC including shipping was 16.000 Euro's overhere. So it saved me some 20 %. That was all. However I did get honour of having the first purpose build F16.

I bought the plans, rudders, stocks, daggerboards and superwing mast (all AHPC Taipan components).

Mainbeam is off an old broken Taipan mast and the rearbeam is an 80x2 mm round alu section (better platform stiffness)

I bought the sails (Redhead, Goodall)

and I bought mostly Ronstan fittings, some Riley and proctor fittings and hardly any Harken fittings.

Snuffer ring was Goodall, I got one of the very first.

All the rest was homebuild, and again, the cost savings were only some 20 % and some 2.5 years were spend building. With the new price for a fully fitted Blade F16 at 14.165 Euro incl. taxes and delivery to only some 1.5 km from my club I would not consider homebuilding again. I rather spend those 2 years sailing. I may however consider building some parts of it myself like the mast, as I have different idea's about that then most sailors.

However, I'm very proud of my Taipan F16 catamaran and it will stay with me for another couple of years, it is a good boat.

Wouter