This is helpful. Dalton how much do you have in your bottom deck? A rough estimate with the glass, resin, bagging stuff. And would you say your hull could handle backflips and rolls?
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It's easy to estimate the materials costs. Fabric is measured by the yard, hulls are 7ft long, consider it shorter but not flat, so it would probably take 2 yards per layer, times 5 layers, times $30 per yard is $300 in carbon, but probably more. Gelcoat is probably $50, resin is about $50 / galling not sure how much you need.
Then you need peel ply, plastic, 2 sided tape, hoses and tubs for the infusion process. I'm sure $800-1000 is easy to spend in material alone, assuming no mistakes. Also need hull fittings, etc. of, don't forget that gelcoat gun $150 and all the vacuum infusion stuff.
Glass would be significantly cheaper.
If you are building a hull because it interests you, then go for it. If you are building a hull because it seems cheaper, you might find yourself to have a lesser quality product for more money than if you had just bought a bob, superfreak, etc.
