HARBORMASTER My objective was to create a boat ideal for cruising in protected waters on a sunny Sunday afternoon, reminiscent of the Thames River launches of the early 1900’s. I wanted an efficient displacement hull with round bilge and tumblehome topsides aft, resulting in the look of a traditional power launch. In April, 2008 I […]
This is a picture of my garage before I got started. I drew the outline of each of the components of the frames on the 3/4 marine ply and cut them out. The frames, stem, transom and keel in place. Rear view with temporary braces to hold everything straight and level. Notch for chine […]
To read the previous posts in this series, click the links below: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Saturday – June 16, 2012 I finally finished the painting on the Super Spartan and waxed it all up today and set it on the […]
Here is my photo gallery of my Glen-L.com Malahini build “Old Black Rum”, her maiden voyage was on June 16th, 2012. The step-by-step build diary is located on Glen-L’s boatbuilder forum website here: http://www.glen-l.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=8124 A few quick stats: Old Black Rum is named after our favorite drink and namesake song by the band “Great Big […]
Launched my BullsEye last September and have had quite a few sailing trips on Birch Bay this winter & spring. Really enjoying getting back to dinghy sailing. So responsive. But most of the rides are quite wet! Finding it very easy to get water coming in over the side in just 12-15 knots wind. And then its very […]