Yacht main deck to pilot house to fly bridge stairs

Beautiful Job!!

I hope you received a hefty sum for this work because- in my opinion- someone has waayyy toooo much money.

That is true craftsmanship. The one thing I’ve always really fantasized about with woodworking has been to do the carpentry on a yacht.

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To comment on both of your reply’s. In the yachting industry , the people buying these boats have Bill Gates kind of money. Money is no object. Most of these people pay to have a staff of 5 live on their yacht and enjoy it. Then the owners go on their boats a couple of times a year for a few days. It’s a pretty sad thing.

As far as my pay: $20 /hr @ 50 hrs a week X 4 weeks of build time = I got ripped off as an employee. They pay me $4000 (before all the deductions, taxes etc.) for a month of work and they probably charged $300 an hour to the customer for my time spent ($300 X 200 hrs = $60,000). Oh well that’s life.

I do truly miss that job. Those years of learning and knowledge were priceless. But I really enjoy building whatever job comes my way, in my little shop in my barn, at my own pace, answering to no one but the dinner bell.

-- Built in a Barn Bob

Wow, those are beautiful stairs! and boy, did you get ripped off on the labor, but as you said, thats the way life goes I guess. We gotta feed ourselves. Imagine the shops we could make with the kind of money it takes to build and maintain even a modest sized yacht? Dare we dream, fellow Lumberjocks?

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Really great work, and yes I feel for you on the pay scale, been there done that scenario. Nothing can pay the experience you gain though, and the sense of accomplishment, those with the big bucks could never know. Generally, they can’t do squat, thats why they hire people like you, and too many of them were born with the silver spoon in their mouth already. I’ve been around these kind of people most of my life, sad to see. You might like to see the staircase rail I made in steambent cocobola wood. You did a great job to be proud of here.

-- Dan Wiggins

great looking stairwell bob , i can relate as i did the same type work at trident shipyard in tampa . the pay stunk but it was fun to get away from the residential work for a while . we built 120 to 180 footers there . nice work looking forward to seeing your projects .

Outstanding!

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Exquisite work! I’d love to see the rest of the yacht.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Stunning… like everybody else i would love to see more of the boat especially if you had a hand in it.

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Some of the most stunning woodworking that I’ve view in my live time has been on marine vessels and this is no exception. You are a true craftsman, absolute beautiful….Blkcherry

Beautiful work beyond my capabilities. You definitely got the short end of the stick on the pay scale. You deserved much more for that exquisite work.

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Very nice.

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Beautiful Job.

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Incredible! Love all the detail.

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