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(Video by Chris Dixon of Vineyard Productions) Here’s the video you’ve been waiting for! Now you can see about 30 boats in action from the 2010 Gathering in Tennessee. See these hand-crafted boat … read more

We frequently get questions about opening up the cockpit of a runabout design, such as the Zip, to make it one large open cockpit. This is also referred to as a “utility cockpit”.In most cases, t … read more

At the 2009 Gathering of Boatbuilders that was held in Alabama, we hired a Videographer. This was the third Gathering which showcases mostly wood boats that folks have built using our boat plans as … read more

You’ve probably noticed that Glen-L provides a whole lot of free information on our website. We literally have thousands of pages online–we discovered that when we were looking for a new hosting co … read more

You may be wondering if you can actually build your own boat. We are frequently asked this question and it is obviously a difficult one to answer. However, we can tell you that most who build our boat … read more

We recently received some photos from Bill Levien in Pleasant Hill California. Bill’s photos are an excellent illustration of building the frames for a boat. Bill is building our Flying Saucer, a 1 … read more