Bending Longitudinals

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Following on from the weekly newsletter where it recommended to drape wet towels overnight, I bought a 2.5m (10 ft) section of drainpipe and connected it up to my wife’s curtain steamer using some duct tape. I let it run for thirty minutes after steam was coming out of the other end and the longitudinals […]

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Solo To Nashville, Tennessee, by Ray Macke

On May 2, 2013, in Glen-L Styles, by John B
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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.   […]

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THEN and NOW

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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 […]

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Lines Used In Boat Plans

On April 11, 2013, in Designer Articles, WebLetters, by Glen L. Witt
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The other day a question arose as to what a dashed line meant on the plans. The answer, of course, was that it was a hidden line, in back of what is being seen. The reply “But how do you know that?” is a legitimate question. Perhaps, too often, we assume something is common knowledge. So a […]

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A Perth Riviera #4 – to March 2013

On April 9, 2013, in Builder Blogs, Cold Molded Construction, Inboard Powered, by Andrew
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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 […]

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