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Editors Note: One of our boatbuilders, Ray Macke, has built beautiful examples of our Glen-L Cabin Skiff and our True Grit. Since completing their construction, Ray has often taken to the waterways of the Southeastern United States and chronicled his adventures in his own on-line journals…the following is the account of his latest voyage. […]
While sitting at a counter in a restaurant, sandwiched (pun intended) between two guys using cell phones, it hit me. My, what changes have come to pass in the past few years. The reminiscing brought me back to some of the changes this small company Glen-L Marine Designs has gone through. We were taught that our […]
It is arguable whether work is the curse of the drinking classes, as Oscar Wilde would have us believe, but it is certainly the curse of the amateur boat builder. The requirement to earn a living (in order to pay for the thing in the first place), and the associated need to travel frequently, turned the process […]
The GLEN-L EPOXY Encapsulation System depends on total encapsulation (coating and sealing) of all wood surfaces. Sometimes it is easiest to build the boat first and then coat the entire structure at one time. In other cases, it is easier to coat individual members or sub-assemblies at the workbench before they are in position, when it […]
ENCAPSULATION is defined as “enclosing in an envelope.” That is exactly what a coating of marine epoxy resin does to (and for) the wood in a boat. For most amateurs, plywood is the material of choice. Plywood is one of the cheapest and easiest building materials, one that the average do-it-yourselfer is both familiar and […]
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