Glen-L 25 Duet Plywood
Built by David Sauer
Sun Prairie, WI
Dear Friends
I recently completed (If one ever really completes a larger boat) your Glen-L 25 Duet. I have included some pictures that you can use for what ever you like. I made a few modifications because of the intended use. Since I do lots of boating on the upper Mississippi where sailing is impractical and since I will motor a lot, I put on two kick up rudders, each as deep as the retracted center board and put the motor in the center. I also added a small hatch on the back of the aft cabin to more easily access the motor. The mast is a shortened E scow mast that I got free.
I built the entire boat outside in my back yard here in Wisconsin using a building form mounted on posts in the ground. This worked well but did slow me down some. The project took four years, about 20 hours a week, and I enjoyed it very much.
The boat sails very well and is so well balanced that I can let go of the tiller for five or ten minutes and it stays on course. It points to the wind well and has been through quite a storm with winds 45 miles per hour. It is a dry boat and cuts the big waves.
Thanks for the excellent plans! Over and over I have been impressed with them and also with the quality of the materials I have purchased from you.
I also built your 3800 series trailer which also worked well. I will send you a good picture of the boat on the trailer when I have one. I pulled the boat about 1000 miles on it this summer.
If anyone wants to contact me about the boat I would be more than glad to talk about it.
Sincerely,
David Sauer
Sun Prairie, WI
