Plywood Construction

1973 Glen-L “Nomad” getting a much-needed full-blown refresh!

On October 23, 2014, in Glen-L Styles, Outboard Powered, Plywood Construction, Power Cruisers, by darthplywood
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My Grandfather, John Hargenrader, built a Glen-L Nomad in 1973. A few years ago he passed the boat (named “Betty Boop”) on to his son (my uncle) Luke Hargenrader. Luke used the boat with his family for several years and the boat has even made it to the Gathering. Shortly after G5 he decided that […]

Power Skiff 14 by Christoph Bangerter

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Hi everybody After roughly one year of  intermittent  – I was still working at the time – building my new Power Skiff 14, I was able to launch the boat in August and have it officially approved and tested by the relevant Swiss naval authorities (don’t laugh, landlocked Switzerland, in my case the Canton of […]

Silicon Bronze Wood Screws from Glen-L

On October 3, 2014, in News From Gayle, Plywood Construction, by Gayle Brantuk
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Since Glen-L carries such a wide variety of materials to build your own boat, sometimes I forget to really spell out some of the great values that we also have. Glen-L has had fastenings for longer than I can remember. And, after doing a little research, I discovered we also have some of the best […]

Cutting Transom Angles

On September 12, 2014, in News From Gayle, Outboard Powered, Plywood Construction, by Gayle Brantuk
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Figuring out how to cut the angle on a transom can be a little challenging. Joshua Burks is currently building our Zip which is a 14′ runabout that has a 12 degree angle on the transom as do many of our designs. Joshua is documenting his build with video. He’s done a really good job […]

Three-Point Hydro Spray?

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I recently received a question from a gentleman who built our Glen-L Tiny Titan 8-foot hydroplane.  He was experiencing what he thought was too much spray coming over the sides, and therefore decided to modify the design of Tiny Titan by adding strips of 1 ½-inch wide aluminum along the outside bottoms of both sponsons. […]