http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/ Boatbuilding/Glen-L Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:39:24 GMT pionek_wieczysty http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/377 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/377 Does anyone here have experience with the Glen-L 'Coaster' and its offshore performance/rough weather performance? Thanks, Adam Thu, 24 Nov 2005 02:29:39 GMT mgriebel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/376 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/376 Hello, I'm in the pre-planing stages for an attempt at building a Squirt. If I can finish my house remodel by spring, I'll order the plans and have a go at it. Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:40:48 GMT jay none http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/375 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/375 well i got a laugh out of that one. 'plywood trim tabs' is a funny thing to hear. But hell, if it works then I guess no one can snicker. I'm glad it worked. Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:01:09 GMT dougann2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/374 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/374 ... I'm back and I have good news. I finished making my trim tabs. I used the hillbilly/redneck method. I know this method well because I live in east Mon, 12 Sep 2005 21:20:55 GMT jay none http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/373 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/373 no problem. i fins that work unfairly takes time away from tinkering and boat building. I've just have to hit the lottery if i'm ever going to do stuff on Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:15:17 GMT dougann2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/372 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/372 -Jay, All of this imformation helps alot. I am in the process of making the tabs now, I will tell you how it turns out. It may be a couple of weeks but don't Sun, 11 Sep 2005 04:39:06 GMT jay none http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/371 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/371 Yes it made all porpoising disappear. In fact, when I attached them to the transom, i had an initial angle of 15deg which made them perpendicular to the Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:07:00 GMT dougann2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/370 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/370 ... Jay, Thanks for the reply, I couldn't imagine that I was the first to think of building my own trim tabs, so thats why I made this post. I was thinking Thu, 08 Sep 2005 22:29:37 GMT jay none http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/369 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/369 I recently built an Ace which is essentially a 12 foot squirt. my bottom has a bit of rocker too and i had the same problem. So i went to a sheet metal shop Thu, 08 Sep 2005 20:15:46 GMT John Foerg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/368 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/368 Hello, I am new here and just found this place by accident. I am looking for a set of plans and patterns for the TNT. Does anyone have any that they are not Thu, 08 Sep 2005 20:15:35 GMT John Foerg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/367 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/367 Hello, I am new here and just found this place by accident. I am looking for a set of plans and patterns for the TNT. Does anyone have any that they are not Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:19:05 GMT dougann2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/366 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/366 I just launched a Tuffy 13' runabout. I slipped up and let a little rocker get in the bottom. This makes it want to porpoise when I approach full throttle. I Wed, 29 Jun 2005 04:15:21 GMT kurtz65 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/365 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/365 Well I tried the boil test..... to say it failed would be an understatement! lol.... oh well... now I have 5 times as many sheets! They are drying out now and Sat, 25 Jun 2005 12:31:19 GMT Jeff http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/364 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/364 Martin Pook used Birch Ply when building the West Wight Potter AX. He still sails the prototype and when I spoke to him a couple of weeks ago it was still in Sat, 25 Jun 2005 04:48:59 GMT Paul Fogel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/363 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoatbuildingGlen-L/message/363 Take a sample and boil it. If it does not delaminate, it's ok. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!