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Ken Hankinson Will Live On In Our Hearts And In His Designs

Posted by Gayle Brantuk on May 10th 2018

Once again, we have to say farewell to another prolific designer of boat plans for the amateur builder. Naval Architect, Ken Hankinson, passed away April 25, 2018. He will be greatly missed, but … read more

Tahoe 23 Builder Video Tribute

Posted by Gayle Brantuk on Aug 3rd 2012

Gerald Hurst sent me the video below and I just had to share it with our readers. The video was made for him for his birthday to celebrate the completion and christening of his Tahoe 23. Some de … read more

The Drift Boat "Slick"

Posted by Craig Maclean on Apr 17th 2012

Day 1: Saturday, April 14th, 2012 Big Rapids, Michigan, USA Every project has a beginning and ours began several months ago when we ordered The Glen-L Book of Dreams - It is, in fact, … read more

Glen-L History Photo #5

Posted by Gayle Brantuk on Jan 13th 2012

The Famous Glen-L Poster Girl! This week's history photos are of the Glen-L poster girl. A couple of these are used on our website in the "About Us" section and the "About our Plans & Patterns" … read more

Glen-L History Photo #2

Posted by Gayle Brantuk on Dec 9th 2011

1950's Draft Room--Click photo to enlarge This is where the magic happens! This is our drafting room where all of our boat designs have been created. Glen is in the foregr … read more

Australian Barrelback-19 build

Posted by Justin Schooneman on Nov 21st 2011

Welcome to my blog, It's a little piece of the web where I'll be documenting the build progress of a Ken Hankinson designed Barrelback-19, built using the cold-molded plywood method. Apparently i … read more