Editors Note: The following letter is printed with permission of the author See Matt’s MiniMaxed Photo Gallery here I started this project as a “Father-children” project but found my kids didn’t have as much interest as I had hoped they would. However, I persevered on and the more it took shape the more interested they […]
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 […]
Once you’ve tried filleting, you will find any number of applications for this technique, but it is used most extensively in Stitch-N-Glue construction. A fillet is a radiused bead of resin putty at the inside corner of wood junctions. Fillets are commonly applied where plywood parts join (such as planking junctions), where bulkheads mate to the […]
Bill Shaw is no stranger Glen-L. He’s been to all but one of our annual Gathering of Boatbuilders and is a Moderator on the Glen-L Boatbuilder Forum. And, he has built a 16′ Malahini classic outboard runabout which is the big brother to our Ski Tow runabout. Even more important is that his daughter Lily helped him […]
Art Atkinson’s retro Squirt Runabout was a hit at last year’s Gathering of Boatbuilders in Tennessee. His boat was styled to match his 1956 Mercury Mark 25 with Sarasota blue and Sand tan similar to a 1956 Chevy Bel Air. Today’s interview is done by our own Zip Builder, Ted Gauthier and he did a […]