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Gentry “Cover Girl”

On March 13, 2015, in Cold Molded Construction, Glen-L Styles, Inboard Powered, by Gayle Brantuk
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  I’d say some major bragging is in order for Craig Smith, builder of the Glen-L Gentry aptly name “ATTITUDE“. Not only did Craig build a beautiful boat, but also had her featured on the COVER of Classic Boating magazine. Pretty impressive. Craig says that the editor of Classic Boating saw his boat that was […]

Fitting the Chines

On February 25, 2015, in Designer Articles, Plywood Construction, by Glen L. Witt
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A chine in a boat is the backing member of the side and bottom planking and is typical on a hard chine hull, meaning an abrupt angle change from bottom to side, not a radius or round shape. In other words, the chine is the usual longitudinal backing typical on vee bottom boats. The backing […]

Glen-L Missile Story from a Boat Builder

On February 6, 2015, in Inboard Powered, News From Gayle, Plywood Construction, by Gayle Brantuk
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(We thought you’d enjoy this neat story emailed to us by a Glen-L boatbuilder –Gayle)   Hi Gayle; My name is Terry Dobson. I live in the Wichita area. Here’s a piece of history for you. In 1963 I ordered a set of plans for the “MISSILE”. I made a deal with my parents to […]

Electric Powered Barrelback

On November 21, 2014, in Cold Molded Construction, Electric Powered, Inboard Powered, by Gayle Brantuk
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It’s quite something when someone takes one of our designs and not only builds a beautiful boat, but a wonderfully innovative one as well.     Steven Shovoly of Edison Marine has produced an amazing version of our 19′ Barrelback design using twin Electric motors for power. Bob Fagliano and “The Core IV, Inc” installed all […]

Estimating Costs to Build Your Boat

On November 21, 2014, in Builder Tips, by Gayle Brantuk
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Our friend, Glen-L Forum moderator, Gathering organizer, boatbuilder extraordinaire and husband of Miss Lola, Bill Edmundson, has provided us with an awesome resource. He put together an Excel Spreadsheet listing all the items he could think of that you would need to build a boat. It’s a pretty extensive list, and not all will apply to every […]