Happy Fourth!...with a Bullet?

[Spaceman Spiff]

A Glen-L Bullet of course.😉 I just built this over the last two months hoping to have it ready for today. It's all Indonesian Mahogany 1088 ply and Douglas fir framing. It's got a 1989 Evinrude 48 SPL on it with a 12x17 prop for now. It's the 12' edition with about 175 lbs bare hull weight. My seat board has holes so I can run a single center seat or side-by-side. Still room in the back for my 12yo as well. Should have no problem getting high 40s out of it. Still needs some gauges and wiring, but I'll be getting it wet in the next day or two.

Stephen

[NICE PAIR]

Nice Job! :cheers:

[David]

Well done. Happy 4th everyone

[Spaceman Spiff]

Thanks. I should note that this particular design was made by Ken Hankinson who recently passed away in 2018.

[pcrussell50]

Super cool...

Apologies for dumbing down this thread, but from the look of the hull, there are stringers in place of core?

-Peter

[89LASER]

Looks great. Have fun with it.

[Frank Molé]

Cool ride

[Spaceman Spiff]

Super cool...

Apologies for dumbing down this thread, but from the look of the hull, there are stringers in place of core?

-Peter

Sorry, but I'm not actually sure what "core" refers to. It has bottom battens between the keel and chines. I always thought stringers were similar to a bottom batten, but supporting a floor as well.

[David]

It’s a wood boat, so no core. All the strength and stiffness comes from the wood bottom, the keel, chine, and battens.

a fiberglass boat is a sandwich of gel coat, fiberglass, wood or foam core, and fiberglass again on the inside