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- Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:11 pm
- Forum: Sailboats
- Topic: GL-14 Decking
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5037
Cheap-o 3 ply from your local diy superstore is usually one thick ply with two vanishingly thin veneers. In the US, this is not the case with domestic exterior plywood. In this country your description might fit interior paneling or possibly BS6566. Because of deck beams, battens and strongbacks, t...
- Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:00 pm
- Forum: Small outboards
- Topic: Notches and Batten questions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5120
If you have a router, you can make a template of the notch, tack to frame and use one of the router bits with the ball-bearing roller on the end to duplicate the template. If the wood is particularly hard, you might want to use a jigsaw first, then clean up with the router. This will insure that all...
- Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:49 pm
- Forum: Power Boats
- Topic: Yet another transom ... possible suicide upon answer :)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5838
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:42 am
- Forum: Hankinson designs
- Topic: Tahoe 19/20 speeds
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3485
There are distinct differences between the Hankinson mahogany runabouts and the Glen-L runabouts. Ken went back farther for his inspiration. Most of the boats have an older look and are not designed to go beyond the 35 mph. This is primarily a function of the forward bottom design (more vertical bow...
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:23 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Question about Glenwood
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3430
The first Glenwood boats were built by Elbert Witt in his backyard. Later, Elbert bought a piece of property and built a shop where he made the boats and machined casting for Glenwood Hardware. Eventually another boatbuilder was hired. Although Don Ruffa was making boats designed by Glen during the ...
- Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:44 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: SO, ya won'na build a model first?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3547
Flotation only has value when the boat starts to fill with water. With a sealed 12" cube, the cube might have an inch draft. Crammed full of foam or feathers, the draft might be an 1 1/2". In the case of the cube, flotation only has value if the skin of the cube is breached. Until water starts to fi...
- Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:25 pm
- Forum: Sailboats
- Topic: Minuet weights
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1840
The hull weight is essentially what you will have to turn over when the hull is finished. It does not include the cabin or anything else that is put on after righting. Displacement is an estimate of the boat in the water, ready to go, with a normal complement of people. For this purpose, we use 150 ...
- Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:44 am
- Forum: Hankinson designs
- Topic: Barrel Back 19 - Materials Order List?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2587
- Fri May 11, 2007 12:56 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Can not get the bottom stitched on my Amp Eater design
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2074
Steve, You asked this in an email, with a little less info, so I asked questions, then found this. If the stitches are pulling through... Bruce gave you good advice. In addition, you could use the bend-towels-boiling-water technique to relieve some of the tension on the sides. See: http://glen-l.com...
- Wed May 09, 2007 11:56 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: capt jake using dynell , from defender
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3418
From: HOW TO FIBERGLASS BOATS CHAPTER 11 Modacrylic Fiber Fabric The term "modacrylic" is popularly known as "Dynel", a trade name developed by Union Carbide Corporation for a fiber that can be woven into cloth and used very much in the same manner as fiberglass cloth. However, Dynel (as we'll refer...
- Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:46 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Glen-L ad from 1958?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8005
terrymc Maybe this is a question for Gayle...The PM-38 looks a heck of a lot like the Tuffy, and it's length and beam are identical. I have a copy of that '62 Popular Mechanics issue, and it refers to "our designer" at lot. Could the "designer" be Glen L Witt??? The Tuffy was designed in 1959. It ma...
- Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:10 pm
- Forum: Design Modifications
- Topic: Sissy-Do Modifications
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4110
An inboard well could be added, but not sure how this will protect the motor. Part of the well is a cutout in the transom to allow the motor to tilt up. The biggest disadvantage is the loss of space inside the boat. The reasoning behind the well in the Pacific dories is that it allows fishermen to w...
See: http://www.glen-l.com/weblettr/webletters-6/webletter49.html#notebook The chine should be twisted so that its outside surface is parallel to the side of the stem. The frame notch orientation can be determined when chine is twisted to proper orientation. http://www.glen-l.com/images/gl15-frame5d...
- Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:41 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Spyware attacks?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3220
Spyware attacks?
Everyone, I received these email from one of the forum visitors: Hello, Love you site and especially the forum. But everytime I log on I get eight or ten spyware attacks. Just thought I would let you know. Hello Barry, Sometimes I get a popup and sometimes it takes over the webbrowser and takes me t...
- Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:03 pm
- Forum: Small outboards
- Topic: Zip transom
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2720