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GENTRY / Danny Winters / Tampa, FL / / 1-3-07: I have finished the making the frames and mounting them to the stringers. I am using white oak for the frames and doulas-fir for my stringers. I am currently working on setting the battens in as well as the chine and sheer. I foresee a lot of sanding in the near future prior to placing the plywood. Oh and one other thing, I am building it in my garage which is just big enough for the boat to fit diagonally, not much working room around it.

GENTRY / John Azzinaro / Westerly, Rhode Island / / 8-19-07: I've started cutting and assembling the frames [using philippine mahogany], purchased the transom kit from you. Got the building frame made-up and motor stringers ready to set-up. This is going to be my retirement project [haven't retired yet]. I'm very interested in using polymere nails instead of staples [when I get that far].

GENTRY / Chip Morrow / Acworth, GA / / 1-14-08: I started actual construction December 29, 2007. To date I have all frames drawn full size, and the detail components made for several frames and have the transom 80% completed. I have chosen to use Quarter Sawn white Oak for the framing. There is a great lumber yard close to my home and all the Quarter Sawn White Oak I can use. I am also using Resorcinol Glue. I have done considerable research on the resorcinol glue and although it is a little more time consuming I believe it is worth the extra effort. 1-16-08: I now have frames 1 and 4 completed, the stem completed and the transom frame work completed.
2-18-08: I have completed all the frames and have applied the first coat of Epoxy on them.
2-17-09: I have completed setting up the frames on the stringers and they are glued and bolted as required. I have picked up the lumber required to make the sheer, chine and bottom and side battens. As with the frames, quarter sawn white oak is being used. (see Customer Photos)

GERONIMO / Kirk Bellamy / Stratford, Prince Edward Island, Canada / / 6-18-03: I am currently planking my Geronimo. I hope to have it completed next summer. I am planning on making some changes to the design once I start finishing the top-side. I'd like to hear from any others who have built this boat.
8-20-09: Just thought I'd submit a five year follow-up. Included are pictures of my Geronimo after a re-fit which installed a CMC tilt/trim unit, new steering and controls. I had to replace my rub rail due to some rot issues. Also I had some delamination issues with the fiberglass/epoxy in the bottom that was cut-out and replaced. You provide great plans, thanks for the hours of fun. (See Customer Photos)

GERONIMO / Jim Pesci / Sterling, VA / / 8-6-03: Fitting last hull planking, getting ready for fiberglass and paint. I've done almost everything myself, it takes 4 guys to screw and glue some of the 3/8 plywood. 2 for pushing, 1 for fastening, 1 for spotting the angle. I offer free food and beer as a bribe, plus the promise a ride. Future: turning the hull, throwing it on a trailer and completing it. 11-4-03: I have taped the joints with fiberglass and expoxy. My arms are sore from sanding. I'm going to paint the hull Navy and the deck/cockpit white, there will be some visible wood. 12-9-03: I turned the hull last Saturday 12/06/04. I rounded up 6 guys to help, the whole thing took 2 hours. Most of the time was spent in logistics, removing an 8 ft section of the shadowbox fence, installing the tongue jack, adjusting the bunks, installing a keel roller on the back of the trailer, adjusting the winch stand, etc. I will change the bow roller to a 4 inch bow stop as the roller that was standard doesn't fit right. Fortunately, it had just snowed 8 inches, this provided ample cushion for the hull when it was righted. Unfortunately the temperature was 27 F which made working without gloves chilly. The actual turning took about 45 seconds with 2 guys on the transom, 2 on P&S and I was at the bow. The 2 guys on the down side didn't have to work that hard, but it was nice to have more than we needed. the building form was easily removed with a few careful strokes of a claw hammer. The keel roller was an indispensable item; with it, the hull moved effortlessly on. It works only during launch and load and is clear of the skeg by the time the bunks take the load. So far, the decision to buy the Venture VB-2000 trailer was a good one, I'm sure more adjustments will be needed come springtime. Future.... building the motor well, foredeck and windshield. 04-23-04: I'm finishing up "painting" the inside of the hull with epoxy. I will put on a coat of gray bilgecoat paint as soon as that is done. I re-wrote some of the directions for clarification. Good news, I found a cheaper place to park the boat, $75/mo in a nearby apartment complex. It is illegal to park a boat/camper on the street in Loudoun county! I decided to improvise on a few logistical items. I built a 72x28x24 platform/stage with 8 legs and lockable caster wheels to make working on the boat easier. Also, I had a 6ft folding table and put stilts on it by using 2 inch PVC pipe cut to 30" lengths for each leg. Now I can use the table at the same height as the sheer for tools, etc. 5-9-04: Installed the Intermediate Deck Beam, a few tricky angles. The carlings are in. Some of the joints might have to be chiseled out so they will lay flat on the frames. This problem is from inaccurate cuts or fastening a while back. Motorwell has been designed to hold the small fuel and oil tanks, plus one battery, the second battery will be in a seat box or under the foredeck.

GLEN-L 10 / James Sachs / / 11-5-98: Started as school proj., Dec 77. Nearly finished, need rigging.

GLEN-L 10 / Miss Tesch and Mark Tesch / Address not valid: 11-18-02 / 8-17-99: keel laid, as of 5-25-00 working on the last 2 items, rudder and mast. Note: for our 1st big project as an average woodworker. My 13 year old daughter and I are having a great time. She now can use power drills, miter saw, sanders, and table saw with supervision. Also we decided to fiberglass the boat. She now can repair just about anything in the house. Epoxy is the best thing made according to her. She wanted the boat but dad is showing her what to do, although she has to do it. We're best friends now.

GLEN-L 10 / Lukas Lhotsky / Toronto, Ontario / / 2-10-03: The hull is finished with several coats of paint and epoxy sealant. The daggerboard is shaped, as is the rudder. I expect to finish shaping the wooden mast shortly, which has been enjoyable, and then only the rigging remains to be set up. Had her in the water this past fall with just a paddle. Great project! 4-24-03: The project is coming along well. In fact I recently bought the material for the mast, the last thing to be done as I already have the sail, which I bought from you guys a while ago. Should be in the water this summer!

GLEN-L 12 / John Farmer / email address not valid 4-7-03 / 10-15-99: Built in the garage by my dad and I approx. 25 years ago. Currently refinishing the boat. Amazing durability and fun to sail.

GLEN-L 12 / Arthur J. Haecker / / 8-8-00: Project started this spring in Marietta, GA. Frames, keel, transom installed. Having a problem locating 13 foot 1" x 2" fir for carling logs.

GLEN-L 12 / Will Autrey / / 2-4-02: Just started, have building form, transom, and 1st frame finished. 6-14-02: Wow! It is starting to look a little like a boat. Have the side planking installed. The bottom is next. Hope to turn the boat over and start on the decking by the end of next week! 6-25-02: The hull has been righted. Everything looks good. The deck beams and deck battens are in place. Next the strongback and then the carlings for the seats. Hope to have the deck planked by end of the week or so.. 4-7-03: I have completed my Glen-L 12 and have made two good weekend trips to Panama City, FL. She handles great. She is very responsive to her rudder and has a suprisingly large amount of speed capabilities when sailing both up and down wind. The boat sails particularly well wing and wing on a downwind run, You can set the jib to the desired position and then gybe the main over and away she goes. I really appreciate all of the help that you at Glen-L provided for me through-out the building process. Thanks

GLEN-L 12 / Karl Almquist / Phoenix, AZ / / 2-26-02: Ready to launch. 4-10-03: The boat was launched just over a year ago. I was extremely pleased with the outcome and I have enjoyed many hours of pleasant sailing.

GLEN-L 12 / Richard Desir / Westerlo, NY / / 7-18-03: Small Change was launched this spring. It took almost 5 years. Long periods (whole years) went by during which I was unable to work on it because of other commitments. But that's boat building. Very satisfying outcome. Sails wonderfully, very lively, even in a light breeze. When the wind picks up, she flies. I used Bruynzeel Regina mahogany plywood, so of course I finished it bright with Z-Spar flagship varnish. It gets many admiring comments. I'll forward pictures when I get some.

GLEN-L 12 / Chris Meyer / Southern Idaho / / 8-10-04: I have currently cut the wood and started gluing the frames. 1-1-05: I have finished the hull and have started to fiberglass the bottom while it is still upside down. I still need to right the boat and then build the deck.

GLEN-L 12 / Kyle Kearney / Auburn, WA / / 5-04-05: I began building the boat as a sophomore in high school and am now a senior. The hull is completed and all the trim pieces are put on. Currently I am puting Varnish and Paint on the boat. I hope to get it in the water before school is out in June. It has been a huge learning experience, but has been fun to build. Photos of the boat will be sent in as soon as the boat is in the water, until then good luck to everyone building boats out there!!!

GLEN-L 12 / Bill Haines / Summit, NJ / / 8-20-07: The Genesis of the project was a phone call from a friend who is the Tech Ed (Shop) teacher at the local high school. He told me that the school was replacing the bleachers in the gym and the old wood was in and near a dumpster behind the school. I was able to collect a number of boards up to 16’x9”x1 1/8” of well seasoned mahogany. I had no idea what I was to do with the lumber. Several years later, I ordered the plans and began my version of the GlenL 12. I have never built a boat or attempted any project like this. The bleachers made excellent material for the frames, chine logs, sheer clamps and battens. I started in Feb 2006, assembling the frames, transom and building form. Working a little from time-to-time, I got most of the frame assembled on the form before the summer of 2006. Here it is a year-and-a-half later and I have started work on the boat again. I learned the hard way that the fastening schedule is there for a reason. It is much more difficult to attach the chine log to the stem if it is already screwed and glued to the frames and the transom. I got it right on the starboard side but cut it too short on the port. So, the project sat for several months while I mulled over how to fix this. Ultimately, I shaped a block to attach to the stem at the attachment point for the chine log. The block was sized and shaped to mate with the stem and the angle cut into the chine log. All was glued and screwed and I was able to move forward. The frame was completed in late July. Planing of all the angles on the chine logs, sheers, keel and stem were not as arduous as I anticipated. Planking and fairing are complete and the seal coat of epoxy has been applied.
6-26-08: The boat is mostly done but most importantly out of the basement. See the attached, mildly amusing video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZoytFnE5Y
We stepped the mast last Sunday (6/22/08). The plan is to get it in the water for the first time over the July 4th weekend. (see Customer Photos)

GLEN-L 12 / Brad Eisold and Captain Patrick Hughes / Mazatlan, Mexico / / I and Captain Patrick Hughes of the 82' schooner Patricia Belle (that I crew on) are building the Glen-L 12 named the "Sea Rose". We started on May 18, 2007 and are building it in Mazatlan, Mexico. We are using the local pine, which is excellent. We have the frames, transom, and stem built and up on the building form; stringers and fairing is complete. We started planking it today and got aft sides and aft bottom done. We expect to complete in a week or two. It has been a great project. Patrick has built many boats including the schooner Patricia Belle, as for me it is my first build. Needless to say, it has been very helpful having Patrick as a building partner. Thank you and good luck to all building their dreams.

GLEN-L 13 / Mike Keers / email address not valid 4-6-03 / 9-10-99: I built the GL-13 a few years ago. Still have it and love it.

GLEN-L 13 / Jeffery Mackie / Canada / Address not valid: 11-18-02 / 2-16-00: Started building in May 1999 and completed in Aug 1999. I took a picture of every step of the way and hope to post them online soon. It was fun to build and satisfying to complete and sail. (Will list URL here when pics posted.)

GLEN-L 13 / Thomas A Messner / San Mateo, CA / / 2-13-04: Building frames. 4-23-04: Frames completed, starting building form.

GLEN-L 13 / Jim Morris / Morehead City, NC / / 5-25-04: Finished my Glen-L in October, 2003, but didn't get a sail for it until January, 2004. I wanted a sail that could be easily reefed, so I had one made locally. Have sailed the boat a couple of times so far, and it is a delight out on Bogue Sound. 9-1-04: I have sail my Glen-L 13 about a dozen times so far. It gets more enjoyable each time. Thanks for such a reliable and delightful design. (see Customer Photos)

GLEN-L 13 / Gus Edwards / Savannah, GA / / 8-21-06: Started to cut out frame parts, transom, transon knee, rudder, center board, and stem, and have built building form.

GLEN-L 14 / Ian R. Campbell / / 9-16-98: Frames on form, fitting keel. 11-30-98: Installing chine logs. 8-11-99: Fairing done, ready to install side planking. Scarfed 1/4" plywood sides. Hope to sail next spring. 12-17-99: Have finished planking and fairing the hull. I am waiting for dry weather to glass the bottom. Looks good. 2-16-00: Now finishing deck battens and carling; next the deck. 8-5-01: Hull is now complete and painted. Fitting out this winter and hope to sail next spring. Looks very good and appears to be a strong boat. 4-2-02: Boat is complete!!! Looks very good and trust it will sail just as well. 4-7-03: I have finished my 14 and love it. The boat gets looks everywhere it goes and sails well.

GLEN-L 14 / Tsvi Katz-Hyman / / 12-30-98: Started construction using Frame Kit. Fiberglassing centerboard trunk under heat lamps.

GLEN-L 14 / Michael Worobiec / / 1-5-1999: Purchased a frame kit, on form, chine logs and sheers roughly faired, notching fwd frame for bed logs.

GLEN-L 14 / Doug Toby / / 7-1-99: Hanging frame members and fiberglassing centerboard trunk. 11-14-01: Fairing almost completed - should start planking next week.

GLEN-L 14 / Neal DeGeus / Langley, BC, Canada / kndegeus@shaw.ca 11-18-02 / 11-9-00: I built the frames for my Glen-l 14 more than 10 years ago and have worked on it each summer for the past 5. At this point I have the first layer of high build epoxy primer on the bottom. All the deck beams are also in place and yet require fairing for plywood decking. I have enjoyed this project immensely and am looking forward to building a James Cook in wood.

GLEN-L 14 / Terry Hagell / Canada / / 6-1-01: frames, bow-breasthook,transom, centerboard case completed. Above items attached to building platform. 7-16-01: installed chine logs, sheer clamps, and battens. Fairing completed. 11-1-01: Hull planking installed and fiberglassed. Carlings, and deck framing completed. Inside hull encapsulated. 4-13-03: Worked on boat last spring and fall, spent most of summer building a cottage. Didn't get much done this winter as it was so gosh darn cold. Back at it this spring though and hope to be sailing by May long weekend. Here's what is left:
-final coat of paint on hull
-2 coats of deck paint
-seats and floor strips to be painted.
-boat hardware to be installed (blocking already done )
-mast to be cut to size and its hardware installed
-centerboard is completed but needs to be installed in trunk.(this will require removal of some braces on my boat trailer)
All else is completed including trim etc.
10-2-03: I have completed the boat and have sailed it 5 times. I am delighted with it's performance. I would like to thank the people of Glen-l whose fine products and excellent advice made this a fun project. This was my first attempt at boat building and if I attempt another I will look to Glen-l first. I have attached some pictures of the finished product. (See Customer Photos)

GLEN-L 14 / Doug Haydon / Chandler, AZ / / 4-20-03: I started with the frame kit about three weeks ago. Things are progressing nicely. I have completed the fairing and I'm just about ready to start with the plywood. It's hard finding good plywood in the Phoenix area.

GLEN-L 14 / Dan and Pat Porter / Canton, OH / / 6-12-03: Started at the beginning of March 2003, Finished begining of June 2003

GLEN-L 14 / Pete Haak / Chambly, Quebec, Canada / / 12-23-04: Bought the plans and have started building the frames. Full size patterns are a great help here. I am using oak for the frames. Plan to be sailing late summer 2005 in Chambly basin. Will keep you posted with pictures.

GLEN-L 14 / John Bawduniak / Galveston, TX / / 11-8-05: I have built the frames (mahogany) and centerboard trunk and am now mounting them on the setup members. 4-22-06: I have finished the structure, planked/fiberglassed, and rolled the boat. Am now sanding the inside and going to start on the topsides. many thanks to the forum. 9-12-06: Have built deck, fiberglassed interior, painted outside of hull. Bought fir for mast, will tackle that next week. Have milled walnut for finishing board and mahogany for strip planked deck. Prepared trailer for flipping hull tomorrow.

GLEN-L 14 / Markus Tessmann / Salt Spring Island B.C. Canada / / I intercepted my Glen-L 14 on it's way to the scrap yard! It had been donated to the local Sea Scouts, but turned out to be too small, and in need of too much repair to make it worth their while. I wasn't sure about taking it on either, but was convinced by the aluminium mast and boom, and the two almost brand new sails! Last summer (04) I removed all the rotten decking, seats and flooring and sanded the hull down through all the paint. I coated the hull with epoxy, and put new fibreglass on the keel and chines, dealing with the really bad spots with extra fibreglass and epoxy. I built a new deck, new seats and new flooring, beefed up the transom and added floatation as well. The Glen-L web site was very helpful for this, my first boat building project. We launched her this spring (named Samgita) and my wife, 2 sons and I have sailed her almost every weekend (and often I'll go mid-week)! We've gone camping in her too and look forward to many years of fun on this boat! She is moored in the ocean about 2 blocks from my home on Salt Spring Island (near Victoria, British Columbia) from about May to October. I scrape the hull about every two weeks, to keep the barnacles and seaweed in check! I love this boat. (see Customer Photos)

GLEN-L 14 / David Tolan (Rational Root) / Dublin, Ireland / / 4-28-07: Started Tuesday, October 24, 2006, I have almost finished cutting the frames.
7-23-08: The Keel is in place, with CB slot is cut. I am now in the process of putting on the chines, sheer clamps and battens.
3-19-09: The framing is complete (except the bottom battens, but they go on after the side skin). I've just started fairing. (See photos and progress updates at my "The Boat" blog).

GLEN-L 14 / Doug Dringoli / Wallingford, CT / / 1-18-07: Started May 1, 2001. First Sail May 19, 2006

GLEN-L 15 / C. M. Cowan / Canada / / 9-1-98: Frames, CB trunk, keel, transom on building form, now installing chines, sheers.

GLEN-L 15 / Greg Davis / / 1-27-99: Installing hardware. 7-2-99: Need to do some fine tuning to work into the wind better.

GLEN-L 15 / Jon Sonntag / Wood Dale, IL / / 8-9-99: Installing mast and rigging, sewing sails, painting. 10-12-99: Ready to launch. 4-7-03: The project has been completed for a while. The first outing went well right up until I pulled the boat out of the water and hit a branch and snapped the mast mount and all the rigging. It took most of the summer to get it back up and running. Photos, including my first boat, a Topper with TopHat sail, are located at: http://www.thesonntags.com/ark2.html I haven't actually taken any pictures under sail, but hope to this summer.
First impressions:
* Handles well
* The cleat/pulley combo (Deluxe Hardware Kit) was worth the extra cash as it enables one person to handle the tiller and lines very easily.
* Light enough that even a trolling motor has some speed.
* Haven't tried the 1968 3hp Mercury outboard yet which I bought at the end of last summer (just snowed here last night, so it will be a few more months before the trial run)
* Used a 6'x8' trailer kit and extended the hitch with a 2"x2"x10' sqare tube and it works great -- you guys should sell those.
* Bought my wife a new sewing machine after more or less trashing hers making the sails. (Did you know that the average sewing machine is not made to go through 9 layers of material.) Hindsight tells me that puchasing the sail would have been cheaper. :-(
Jon Sonntag

GLEN-L 15 / Walt Hessler / / 1-2-00: Started with a frame kit on Nov 27th. Currently have installed centerboard and keel and am installing the chine logs. 11-23-00: Took the summer off. Currently the hull is completed and the boat is on a trailer. The hull is epoxied and painted white with a mahogany deck. Need to complete and install rub rail, centerboard, rudder, flooring seats, rigging, sails and trim. 5-18-01: The Glen-L 15 was completed around the first of May 2001. The project took about 11 months over two 'Winter/Spring' seasons. ( I did not work on it through the Summer) The boat turned out nice for a first time project (I think). The hull is white with Mahogany deck, gunnels, seats and trim. Some of the trim is done in white oak. The boat has been in the water twice and sails nicely. All of the rigging, sails, and mast came from Glen-L. 4-8-03: We now live on a small lake in northern Indiana and the boat saw a fair amount of use last summer. I was not a "sailer" until I built the boat, so I don't have much to compare it to. The boat is very stable and is easy to sail. We get a lot of compliments since it is the only wooden sailboat on Loon Lake. This will be our third season and the boat is holding up well with a minimum of maintenance. I will probably re-finish the mahogany decking in the fall. We may look to repaint the hull which is white enamel next year. I am looking to build more boats, but with the move I do not have an appropriate building right now.

GLEN-L 15 / Roger Carlson / / 4-1-01: Cutting out frames. 3-30-03: I have finished skinning the entire bottom side with plywood and will fiberglass and then turn over to start the top-side work. I want to build my own mast and trying to screw up my courage. Any helpful hints will be appreciated.

GLEN-L 15 / Paul Burley / Whitby, Ontario, Canada / / 4-5-03: I started building from the plans in October of 2002. I have completed attaching the side and bottom plywood panels and am waiting for warmer weather to fiberglass. I have also finished building a wooden mast, a kick-up rudder and a centerboard this winter. Also bought the basic hardware from Glen-L and ordered the sails from a local sailmaker. Plan on sailing late this June. 7-14-04: The boat sides are already covered with marine ply, waiting for warmer weather to finish covering bottom etc.

GLEN-L 15 / Bart Timmermans / Netherlands / / 11-1-03: Started frames. 11-16-03: completed all frames and centreboard trunk using plain sawn oak in panels of 17'x2'x11/4". The wood is hard to come by. Hardwood is generally only sold to carpentershops and cabinetmakers or in bulk, so I have to do a lot of sawing myself. The plywood used is Okoume marine for the frames and Mahogany for the hull, floorboards and seats. Now starting to set up the building frame. I spend on average 6 hours a day on this boat as I am retired. Imported bronze fastenings from Glen-L as local supplies are more expensive, if available in bronze. 1-2-04: Finished the hull on 01-01-2004. Owing to trouble in bending oak sheer/chine I reduced thickness to 5/8" and when fitted I used 2 laminates of 1/8" forward from frame 4#. I also used a breasthook for the chine as without it I couldn't get a good shape and twist on the chine. Bending of the last bottom planking at the stern took a lot of hot water and strutting down from the ceiling of the garage to hold all in place while putting in the screws. I will now start trimming and fibreglassing the outside of the hull in temp between 40-50 F using a low temperature epoxy and doing smallish sections at the time using heatlamps and cardboard covering.

GLEN-L 15 / Robin Edmondson / Rainier, Washington / 5-1-06: I purchased plans for the Glen-L 15 a little while back and later purchased epoxy. I have cut out all my frame pieces and am ready to begin assembly of the frames.
5-6-06: Right now I'm building the frames, and as a