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Glen-L Riviera Build By Donald Collier – Cookeville TN – Build Summary Part 2

On December 27, 2019, in Builder Blogs, Cold Molded Construction, Inboard Powered, by Donald Collier
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(Note: if you want to read this in sequential order, start from the bottom) I started building the Riviera in October of 2015.  I have been writing a blog from the beginning documenting the progress.  The blog was getting very long very slow for me to update.  The first blog documents progress from October 1, 2015 to […]

Building A Goliath By Ed Davis PT2

On October 31, 2019, in Aluminum Construction, Builder Blogs, Power Cruisers, by Chief Ed
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This is part two of Ed’s building of the Glen-L Goliath, an 18 foot tug cruiser which he is building in aluminum. Boat plans and patterns for this design are available from Glen-L Marine in our online catalog. You can read Part 1 of Ed’s blog on our site. Hurricane “Dorian”, has passed. The eye […]

Building the Glen-L Tuffy Part 4

On October 18, 2019, in Outboard Powered, by Paul Vankeppel
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Final Product Finally, after some finishing touches here and there, Pluto was finished. She drives and handles beautifully and the 30 HP gets it up to around 32 miles per hour. It has plenty of power for pulling a wakeboard, even with three people on board. Being such a small, light boat with a relatively […]

Building the Glen-L Tuffy Part 3

On October 16, 2019, in Outboard Powered, by Paul Vankeppel
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In this post I will discuss the building of the interior of my Glen-L Tuffy, Pluto. I will also discuss some things about the engine I bought for the boat. If you missed them, you can read Part 1 and Part 2 Interior The last stage of the build was to finish the interior of […]

Hunky Dory 23′ boat, by Doug in Alaska

On October 9, 2019, in Builder Blogs, Outboard Powered, Workboats, by Doug
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I live in Kotzebue, Alaska, which is located 30 miles north of the Arctic circle.  I  have turned the upstairs of my house into a wood-working shop and some years will build a build boat up there, which is what I decided to do again this past winter. After looking at all of the different […]