Report the performance of your boat, supply as much information as possible (weight, HP, prop, speed, etc.).
Subject: Make the Glen-L design name the subject. If the design already has a posting, add your information to that post.
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upspirate
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by upspirate » Sat Jul 02, 2011 10:45 am
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DaveLott
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by DaveLott » Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:55 am
Hey don't get me involved in this. I am not even in the same bldg with Kens and HotRod nor desire to.
There is a saying that it is not necessary to know everything - only know where to find it when you need to know.
Now regarding your inspiration - I can only say. mmmm. Well, ... hmmm. Dang it, I really don't know what to say but at least you don't go by the addage of different strokes for different folks since you kept it all in the family
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by upspirate » Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:15 pm
One of the problems Oyster pointed out was the non-counter rotating props!!!

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by DaveLott » Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:30 pm
upspirate wrote:One of the problems Oyster pointed out was the non-counter rotating props!!!

Well, then turn the engine around so the prop goes in the other direction. My goodness, that was an easy fix.

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by upspirate » Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:32 pm
I'm trying to figure out how to mount the red Mark 25 in the background on there too!!

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by psychobilly » Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:07 pm
Well this brings new meening to, "GENTELMEN, START YOUR ENGINES!"

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by gdcarpenter » Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:13 pm
Remember reading about a fella in Britain that was making same such boats. As I recall he was eventually stopped because there was never any doubt that they were being built for drug runners.
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by Oyster » Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:30 pm
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by upspirate » Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:40 pm
gdcarpenter wrote:Remember reading about a fella in Britain that was making same such boats. As I recall he was eventually stopped because there was never any doubt that they were being built for drug runners.
That is one of them:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/boats/drugrunner.asp
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by kens » Sat Jul 02, 2011 5:07 pm
I have seen that work with twins, but have no idea about triples.
The fishermen in Puerto Rico run twin 40's with tillers as a standard workboat.
I guess if twins work good, then triples must be better.

Oak is over rated, everything about it takes extra time; then it warps, splits or checks !!!

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by psychobilly » Sat Jul 02, 2011 5:16 pm
***in best homer simpson voice*** DOOOPPEEEEEE My mind went straight in the gutter on that one kens....
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by thudpucker » Sat Jul 02, 2011 7:59 pm
Awrite bein seriousq about twins now
I saw on NatGeo an outboard in the 20-30' range with twins but they were mounted way out on the edges of the transome.
I wondered about the steering when I saw that. Do any of you know if there's a reason for that mounting that might have to do with solving a Propulsion/steering problem?
I never saw it before.