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A frequent question we hear: “I can’t get mahogany, white oak or spruce as recommended in your plans; can I use poplar?” Answer: Boats have successfully been built using all sorts of woods that are not recommended for boat building. But when we’re asked to recommend a wood or alternative wood, we pick from a […]
For over 60 years, we’ve strived to provide the best plans and patterns we can so that beginning builders can build their own boat and have something that performs beautifully and that they can be proud of. Over the years, we’ve developed guidelines on changing a design so that first, the change is within the […]
As you all can see, I’ve added the latest photos to show the progress I’m making on my Glen-L Flats Flyer at my photo gallery. At this rate it will take a long time to complete.
We have tried to be very diligent, re-spelling Douglas fir to Douglas-fir wherever we have found it. Douglas-fir is properly hyphenated because it is not, in fact, a fir. It is a pseudotsuga, or false hemlock (tsuga). Botanists take names very seriously, which allows botanists all over the world to speak the same language. The common names […]
Editors Note: The following is the experience of one of our boatbuilders (Michael Maddox, AKA BarnacleMike) at the 2013 Gathering of Glen-L Boatbuilders, reprinted with his permission from his personal blog. Leave my cares at the dock? Done. There was an old Chris-Craft ad from the 1960’s I stumbled across online not long ago. I don’t […]
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