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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 […]

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 […]

Building the Glen-L Tuffy Part 2

On October 9, 2019, in Outboard Powered, by Paul Vankeppel
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This blog post continues from Part 1 of my Glen-L Tuffy build and details the process of finishing the decking and electrical system. Finishing the Deck The rest of the build was focused on the deck and interior of the boat. The deck was sanded, primed using Interlux Epoxy Primekote and painted in the same […]

Building the Glen-L Tuffy Part 1

On October 2, 2019, in Outboard Powered, Plywood Construction, by Paul Vankeppel
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I am creating this blog post as a sort of record of the build process of my Glen-L Tuffy, named Pluto. I’ll go through some of the major details and show some pictures as well. I bought the Tuffy plans in July 2015, at the end of my freshman year of college. I had wanted […]

Malahini Boat Build By Elio Ascenzo- Stage 6

On August 27, 2019, in Builder Blogs, Glen-L Styles, Outboard Powered, Plywood Construction, by Elio Ascenzo
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In this stage of building the Glen-L Malahini, I focused on the hardware, trailer set up, sign writing and registration for the boat. I also decided to add carpet to the floor.