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Jubilee House boat Build

On April 26, 2012, in Builder Blogs, Houseboats, Inboard Powered, Plywood Construction, by Lowka53
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The Build By Rod Hughes Ogden, Utah Jubilee House Boat Spec’s My plans come from Glen-L Marine Characteristics Length overall 29′-0″ Modified Length overall 40′ Length waterline 26′-3″ Beam 10′-2″ Modified beam 14′ …Hull draft (with skeg) 14″ Hull weight 2100 lbs. Displacement 7310 lbs Height overall 10′-0″ Headroom 6′-3″ to 6′-7″ Freeboard 3′-6″ Fuel capacity […]

Zip Builder Honors Mom With His Boat

On April 20, 2012, in News From Gayle, Videos, by Gayle Brantuk
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  Rick brought his beautiful Zip to the Gathering of Boatbuilders in Tennessee last year. His boat has so many beautiful features that I knew we had to get a video of it. Rick has a CNC machine and did a lot of inlay work and custom wood parts that are really beautiful. I was […]

True Grit Builder Upgrades Video

On March 29, 2012, in News From Gayle, Power Cruisers, Videos, by Gayle Brantuk
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Today, Ray Macke walks us through the upgrades he made to to his True Grit. We detailed his changes in a previous blog post that you can read here, but it’s so much more fun to have Ray actually show and describe what he did! Ray Macke is one of Glen-L’s famous boat builders. Ray’s first build was […]

Sherwood Queen Builder Interview

On February 23, 2012, in News From Gayle, Outboard Powered, Videos, by Gayle Brantuk
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  Kenneth Thomas built the Glen-L Sherwood Queen in his spare time and in spite of very serious health issues. This is another interview that was filmed at the 2011 Gathering of Boatbuilders in Tennessee.  There is such a neat story behind how Kenneth and his wife Margaret came to our Gathering. As mentioned, Kenneth had […]

Super Spartan Build by Roberta Part 7

On February 23, 2012, in News From Gayle, Outboard Powered, by Gayle Brantuk
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To read the previous posts in this series, click the links below: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Thursday, January 5, 2012 Well!!! Christmas shopping, Christmas, New Years, and a bunch of other things slowed me down a bit, but I am making progress. The nontrip planks have been […]