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06-28-2022, 02:13 PM #1
Who has built a wood boat? Post pics
Have you built a wood boat, Glen L or similar. Post pics of the project. Tell us about the experience. I think it's a great way for some to get in the game. Sure can make a good project.
Did an article about it but I'd love to see your projects.
https://www.wavetowave.com/home/2022...-your-own-boat
My Dad's old crackerbox, 283 chevy
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06-28-2022, 06:30 PM #2
I’ve done several.
Very rewarding.I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.
I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.
Checkmate 16' 140 Johnson
Hydrostream 17' Vector FrankenRude I
Laser 480 (?) 21' w/GT 200
Glastron Carlson Conquest w/XP 2.6
Glastron Carlson CVX 20 w/XP 2.6
24' Sonic w/twin 250 Johnsons
24' Sonic w/twin 250 HO Johnsons
19' STV River Rocket w/FrankenRude II
Allison XR 2002 w/Frankenrude II
Hydrostream 18' V-King w/Frankenrude II
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06-29-2022, 06:39 AM #35000 RPM
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I did 2 with my Dad growing up, a Mini-Most 8' and a Maxi-Most 12'
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06-29-2022, 09:40 AM #4Member
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i built a 14 foot tunnel boat a lot of fun very fast took me 3 years working on in spare time dont think you save anymoney but you built what you want
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06-29-2022, 10:03 AM #5
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06-29-2022, 10:07 AM #6
When I was 16 I built a Glen-L Tuffy. Before that my Dad and I built a MiniMax for my brother, and a 4' by 8' "barge" for me to run around with a 5 horse. In college I built a MiniMax with my future brother-in-law, then a 13' OPC tunnel hull in a bedroom of a farmhouse I lived in. Nobody thought I could get it out--I did Little later in life built a MiniMax with and for my son. Photos will be hard to find--maybe later.
Per Rock:
"Once I bought my first Hydrostream boating changed forever for me."
Per my hero Instigator:
"I try not to let common sense interfere w/my boat buying decisions."
Pat Gent
cell 954-249-3246
'78 Hydrostream Vandal (being rebuilt)
'86 21' Eliminator Daytona, 300 OMC V-8 (Li'l Toy III)
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06-29-2022, 10:58 AM #7
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06-29-2022, 11:35 AM #8Team Member
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06-29-2022, 05:44 PM #9
Tiny Titan, Minimax, Minimost, Ben Hur, a couple of Hedlund hydros, several Willcraft hydros and a tunnel boat and several Butts Aerowing hydros.
And a few custom designed dinghies.
The Minimaxs were the cheapest, easiest to build, ran the best on minimal power…, if anyone built ONE race boat…, it was an 8’ Minimax.I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.
I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.
Checkmate 16' 140 Johnson
Hydrostream 17' Vector FrankenRude I
Laser 480 (?) 21' w/GT 200
Glastron Carlson Conquest w/XP 2.6
Glastron Carlson CVX 20 w/XP 2.6
24' Sonic w/twin 250 Johnsons
24' Sonic w/twin 250 HO Johnsons
19' STV River Rocket w/FrankenRude II
Allison XR 2002 w/Frankenrude II
Hydrostream 18' V-King w/Frankenrude II
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06-29-2022, 06:11 PM #106000 RPM
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always liked those TNT’s
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07-02-2022, 02:56 PM #12
The last one.
A 10’ Glen-L TNT that I notched the transom on so it’d fit on the davits on the back of our cabin cruiser.I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.
I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.
Checkmate 16' 140 Johnson
Hydrostream 17' Vector FrankenRude I
Laser 480 (?) 21' w/GT 200
Glastron Carlson Conquest w/XP 2.6
Glastron Carlson CVX 20 w/XP 2.6
24' Sonic w/twin 250 Johnsons
24' Sonic w/twin 250 HO Johnsons
19' STV River Rocket w/FrankenRude II
Allison XR 2002 w/Frankenrude II
Hydrostream 18' V-King w/Frankenrude II
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07-02-2022, 07:09 PM #13Team Member
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14' 10" (design called Rascal) built over about 4 years, mahogany and maple. There is a video and a pretty good discussion regarding her construction on page 2 of
Photos and Videos ( https://www.screamandfly.com/showthr...uilt-Wood-Boat ) This photo was prior to hydraulic steering or Hot Foot.
14'10" Home Built Mahogany Runabout - Ken Bassett Design
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That’s a BEAUTY!
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07-06-2022, 10:45 AM #15
Great simple little very fast boat with 5 or 10 horse for young kid. My son, grandson and I will build one for my grandson in a few years. We live in Plantation, many drainage canals around our neighborhood, connecting to lakes. My son, probably 10, would tow the minimax with a 9.5 on a 2x4 and lawnmower wheel trailer behind our riding mower to a nearby street end, launch it and terrorize the neighbors.
The minimax I built in college, my brother in law lost interest in. I took it down to the lake in town once the ice melted (Winona, Minnesota), probably about 40 degrees out, and ran it with a borrowed old Mercury 7.5. I am not a small guy, motor had a slide throttle on the front of the engine. Cranked up the throttle, leaned way forward to get it to plane off, was a ton of fun with no skeg until I got so cold I wanted to stop. Problem was how to maneuver my body back to the stern to reach that throttle while on plane. Survived that, just one more boat story of many.Last edited by Li'l Toy; 07-06-2022 at 10:52 AM.
Per Rock:
"Once I bought my first Hydrostream boating changed forever for me."
Per my hero Instigator:
"I try not to let common sense interfere w/my boat buying decisions."
Pat Gent
cell 954-249-3246
'78 Hydrostream Vandal (being rebuilt)
'86 21' Eliminator Daytona, 300 OMC V-8 (Li'l Toy III)
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