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The Bill of Materials in our plans often use the terminology “random-random”, meaning varying lengths and widths. Most large lumber suppliers, particularly those supplying wood commonly used in boat building, don’t buy material already milled such as the common 1″ x 6″ or 2″ x 4″ sold in lumberyards catering to home construction. Their lumber […]
Editor’s Note: “Things To-Do with 15 Minutes” was “lifted” from an interchange between Bill Edmundson and several of our other builders in the Glen-L Boatbuilder Forum. Bill writes: While reading posts in the Glen-L.com “Boatbuilder Forum” Sailboats section I found Robert from Dallas, Texas (forum User Name “Razopp”) and others had complained about finding time to […]
A boat, unlike a house or garage, does not have flat areas such as a level foundation with vertical uprights (studs). A boat is curved from most any direction you view it so an artificial foundation must be created. We’ve developed a method of using a “building form” to substitute for the “foundation” in the analogy […]
Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing Cuccu! or Life is too short to not build a boat! Editor’s Note: Article submitted by boatbuilder Bob Spring, rebirth, creation, boatbuilding; and Paul is looking forward to picnic by the water with his boat I suppose there is something to be said for a brand new shiny fiberglass […]
CB is the abbreviation for “Center of Buoyancy” used on Glen-L plans. The CB can be compared to the fulcrum of an in-balance teeter-totter. The CB is the longitudinal balance point of the underwater volume. Add weight aft of the CB and the boat will go down by the stern, forward and it will be […]
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