Designer’s Notebook: Fairing by the “RABL Method”

On December 28, 2011, in Designer Articles, Plywood Construction, WebLetters, by Glen L. Witt
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Most have never heard of Sam S. Rabl, a naval architect, author and innovator of small boat building methods. Sam was at the height of his career back in the mid-forties, when he wrote several books and numerous boatbuilding articles. Most of his works are now long gone, so why should you care about this […]

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Tips for Fairing Frames on Hard Chine

On December 28, 2011, in Glen-L Styles, by Klaus Silbernagl
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I planed the frames of my first boat straight as rafters and was surprised that the planks did not fit. Now I wanted to make it better for my new boat. I found a working method to implement the properties of a developable surface consistently and documented this with the clip Fairing Frames without Trouble So you […]

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Whitehall electric launch

On December 19, 2011, in Glen-L Styles, by paul
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Hi fellow boatbuilders, I used the blueprints for the hull and added a fore and aft deck for floatation and storage. The middle rowing bench encloses 4 semitraction batteries and the drive and control head for the motor. I used a 80 pound minn kota electric motor built into the rudder which will drive the […]

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Glen-L History Photo #3

On December 16, 2011, in History Photo of the Week, News From Gayle, by Gayle Brantuk
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  This is what the mailroom looked like in the very beginning. It’s undergone various changes throughout the years as you can imagine.   I don’t know everyone’s name in this photo, except the man is Darrell Kasenburg and the lady in the far background was his wife at the time, Phyllis, who was also in […]

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