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128 June/July 2011 Memories That Last a Lifetime, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Riding Out a Kentucky Lake Storm, Designer's Notebook: Packing Glands, Why Build a Boat, Shop Talk: Boatbuilding Happiness, Recent eMail, NOT a Good Plan |
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127 April/May 2011 Eleven Years of Fun, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, TLAP Day, Designer's Notebook:...a leaking shaft gland...AGAIN!, Yahoo, Shop Talk: Tips from Glen-L Boatbuilders, Recent eMail, Top 10 Pirate Pickup Lines |
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126 February/March 2011 An Excellent Father/Son Experience, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Bob Brown's Belle Isle Build, Designer's Notebook: Stitch Wires Revisited, In the Harbour, Shop Talk: C-Clamp Pads/Scrapers/Vac Noise, Recent eMail, Fishing Tale |
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125 January 2011 What Made You Do It?, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, I Fell in Love, Designer's Notebook: Carvel Planking, In Memoriam, Recent eMail, Do You Need Attention? |
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124 December 2010 Building the True Grit, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Lt. Dawson's Ski Tow, Designer's Notebook: When Are Butt Blocks Installed, That "Ole" Evinrude, Waterless Boat Parade Shines, Shop Talk: Savvy Storage Tips, Recent eMail, A Nauga Story |
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123 November 2010 Dreams Realized, Boats on a Lake, My Tubby Tug Build, Designer's Notebook: Strengthen Your Bottom?, Sale-ing, Build a Boat in a Week, Shop Talk: Savy Storage for Small Stuff, Recent eMail, The Captain's Parrot |
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122 August 2010 Midlife Crisis?, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Bob and Billy's Mini-Gathering, Designer's Notebook: Rudders for Inboards, Noah Had a Plan, Glen-L Walk-in Customer of the Month, Shop Talk: Evening Caulk Lines & Marking Dark Wood, Recent eMail, The Boatbuilder and His Lover |
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121 July 2010 "Like Sugar", Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Building the Glen-L Zip, Designer's Notebook: THINK before you fiberglass..., Oars (the long and short of it), A $10 - 10 Minute Steam Box, Shop Talk: Cheap Insurance and More..., Recent eMail, A Fish Story |
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120 May 2010 Priceless Memories, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Life in My Floating Home, Designer's Notebook: Drilling the Shaft Hole for an Inboard - Part II, Rain, Skipper's Checklist for Road & Ramp, Shop Talk: Three Clever Clamp Racks, Recent eMail, A Guy Brings his Boat... |
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119 March 2010 Beware of Hitch-Hikers, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Building the True Grit, Designer's Notebook: Drilling the Shaft Hole for an Inboard, The Mussels are Coming The Mussels are Coming, West Coast Redenzvous of Glen-L Boatbuilders, Shop Talk: Rip Sandpaper with Precision, Recent eMail, Tool Usage Dictionary |
WebLetter 118
January 2010 Fitting Oars to the Boat, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, A ZIP-Builder's Diary, Designer's Notebook: a belated "THANKS", A New Outboard, Inboard Propeller Installation Procedures, Shop Talk: Useful Racks, Recent eMail |
WebLetter 117
8 November 2009 2009 Glen-L Gathering of Boatbuilders, Glen-L Boatbuilders of the Month, 2009 Gathering Photo Album, Designer's Notebook: ...a Solution to All Your Boatbuilding Problems?, The Cat and the Sailboat, Shop Talk: Organizing, Recent eMail, eMail of the Month |
WebLetter 116
14 September 2009 Glen-L in Ireland, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Dear Gayle, Designer's Notebook: Heroes are Made...Not Born!, The Runabout, Why Do Cats Hate Water?, Shop Talk: Saddle Square & Push Block, Recent eMail, How to Load a Boat onto a Pickup Truck |
WebLetter 115
10 August 2009 The First "Stitch and Glue" Boat in the World, Glen-L Barbuilder of the Month, Featured Design: Bull's-Eye, Designer's Notebook: ...about Sheet Plywood, How Do You Make a Bar..?, Shop Talk: Clamps & Pencils, Recent eMail, eMail of the Month |
WebLetter 114
8 July 2009 Even More Boat Names, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Featured Design: Bingo, Designer's Notebook: Don't Waste Epoxy, Launch Day, Son of a Gun, Shop Talk: Rolling Tool Tower, Recent eMail |
WebLetter 113
10 June 2009 Another First-Time Boatbuilder Shares, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Designer's Notebook: The Art of Scrounging, The Door to the Head, Shop Talk: Truing a Square, Recent eMail |
WebLetter 112
06 May 2009 A First-Time Boatbuilder Shares, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Designer's Notebook: Stem Caps, Spring, Pennies, Shop Talk: Rule Guide & Band Saw Shelf, Recent eMail, King Arthur's Dilemma |
WebLetter 111
06 April 2009 In Memory of My Mother, Mr. Schott's Superb Sea Trip, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Response to the "Tool Junkie", Designer's Notebook: Does Your Transom Droop?, The Haulout, Glen-L Walk-in Customer of the Month, Shop Talk: Impact Drivers vs. Driver Drills, Recent eMail, What Kind of Bait? |
WebLetter 110
09 March 2009 Things To-Do with 15 Minutes, Glen-L Boatbuilders of the Month, Featured Design: Cracker Box, Designer's Notebook: Confessions of a Tool Junkie, My Boating Background, Shop Talk: Planing Plywood & Storing Small Stuff, Recent eMail, eMail of the Month |
WebLetter 109
09 February 2009 2008's Top Boat Names, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Featured Design: Bandido, Designer's Notebook: Make Your Own Hardware, Anchors, Shop Talk: Clever Tips, Recent eMail, eMail of the Month |
WebLetter 108
09 January 2009 Indigenora, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Designer's Notebook: Air-Cooled Motors, January, Shop Talk: Sander Stand, Recent eMail, Cartoon of the Month |
WebLetter 107
01 December 2008 It Just Keeps Getting Better & Better, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Everglade Camper Build, Designer's Notebook: Lumber Splices & Laminates, The Boat Parade of Lights, Scarf Joint Techniques, Shop Talk: The Perfect Sandwich, Recent eMail, Bob and Dave's Excellent Adventure |
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106 01 November 2008 Good Times in 2008, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, 100 Skills Every Man Should Know, Designer's Notebook: Yankees and Epoxy, Thanks for the Plans, Shop Talk: 7 Tips for Clean Plywood Cuts, Recent eMail, When Pumpkins Drink... |
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105 06 October 2008 Gathering 2008 - Last Call!, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, The Shipleys Visit Glen-L, Designer's Notebook: Battens, Propellers, Basic Boating Knots, Shop Talk: A Few Clever Tips, Recent eMail, Cartoon of the Month |
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104 01 September 2008 Boatbuilder Gathering 2008 Almost Here!, Advice to an Offshore First-Timer, Designer's Notebook: When are Butt Blocks Best Installed?, Vintage Outboard Motors, Presidential Candidates at the Helm, Shop Talk: More Handy Tips, Recent eMail, EMail of the Month |
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103 01 August 2008 Report from Mystic Seaport, Featured Design: Dragonfly, Glen-L Boatbuilder of the Month, Designer's Notebook: Who's an "Idiot?", Ahab, Why Do Dogs Love Boats?, Shop Talk: Some Handy Tips, Recent email, eMail of the Month |
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102 01 July 2008 Independence Day, Two to Nashville, Boatbuilder of the Month, Designer's Notebook: So You Want to be a Boat Designer?, Boat Plans, Seasick Solutions, Shop Talk: Is it Time to Get a Fresh Edge?, Recent eMail, EMail of the Month |
WebLetter 101
29 May 2008 Featured Design: Glen-L 25, Deceptive Destroyer, Replacing Sacrificial Anodes, Designer's Notebook: Why Not Bung Your Screw Heads?, Calendar, Power Boat Power, Shop Talk: Using Wood Plugs, Recent eMail, eMail of the Month |
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100 30 April 2008 It's Ketch as Ketch Can, How to Anchor Anywhere, Designer's Notebook: Center of Buoyancy, Calendar, Bilge Pumps, One Engine or Two?, Shop Talk: The Kick-switch & Money-Saving Tip, Innovative Products, Teacher's Day, Recent eMail |
WebLetter 99 27 March 2008 Tee Shirt Contest Winner, Building the Glen-L Series 1700 Trailer, Viking Ships: The Drakkar, Tech Talk: Clinker Planking, Luxury Yacht Diving Competition, That Old Boat, Calculating Maximum Boat Capacity, Shop Talk: Applying Finishes Over Epoxy Coated Surfaces, Age Is A State of Mind(?), Recent eMail |
WebLetter 98 28 February 2008 Time to Say Goodbye, Available Frame Kits, Owner-built Boats Wanted, Where Does Most of the Money Go?, Glen-L "Bucks", Fallacies about Wood, A Pirate's Tale, Recent eMail |
WebLetter 97 30 January 2008 New addition to the team, Building experience (Wee Hunk), Building Tunnel Mite, Feedback: Pot Luck, Last Trout, Recent eMail |
WebLetter 96 (20
December 07) Great Adventure, Tubby Tug @ West Marine, Gathering Photos, The Wife and the Boat Building, Building Zip, Recent eMail |
WebLetter 95 (3
December 07) Successful Gathering, Gathering Photo Album, Yes we have no 12mm, Offset rudder, Recent eMail |
WebLetter 94 (31
October 07) Gathering report, Feedback: Monaco/Squirt, Building Zip, Glenwood boats, Marine toilets, Capacity plate links, Recent email |
WebLetter 93 (25
September 07) Feedback: Union Jack/Row Me/Squirt, Building Bo-Jest/Tunnel Mite, Glen-L 12 the beginning, Dog days of boatbuilding, Getting Started (Zip), Recent email |
WebLetter 92 (21
August 07) Feedback: MiniMaxed/TNT, Barrelback 19, My Dad's Thunderbolt, Limbers, Ke-Pau, Recent email |
WebLetter 91 (31
July 07) Building Whitehall, Feedback: Sculling Skiff, Memories: Elbert Witt, Row row your boat, Tahoe Get-around, Scarfing Plywood, Recent email |
WebLetter 90 (27
June 07) The Gathering, Building Malahini, Arrowhead Boat Show, The building form, Building Biscayne 22, Building Riviera, Recent email |
WebLetter 89 (24
May 07) An invitation, Feedback: Biscayne/Pee Wee/TNT/Zip, Notching logitudinals, Terms of Endearment, Small boat electrical system, Recent email |
WebLetter 88 (19
April 07) Feedback: Tahoe 19/Tahoe 23/Barrelback/Geronimo, Designs of Ken Hankinson, Battleship Missouri, Recent email |
WebLetter 87 (20
March 07) Feedback: Fife/Monaco, Console Skiff: If I can do it you can, Changing stock plans, Snow & boat building, How to Build 20 Boats, The Falls of Clyde, Shop talk, Recent email |
WebLetter 86 (12
February 07) Feedback: Squirt, Stamps, Build your own Jet Boat, Started as Cracker Box, Living Aboard, PT 728, Fairing jig, Recent email |
WebLetter 85 (23
January 07) Feature: Rebel, Do you really want to go fast?, Archives, Stormy Seas, Family Email, Outboard motor control, Feedback: Little Hunk, Recent email |
WebLetter 84 (8
December 06) State of Gathering, Then & Now, Can you Canoe, Feedback: Modified Squirt, Recent email |
WebLetter 83 (17
November 06) Guntersville report, Archives: Lord Nelson, Seen on the Net, From the Forum, Boating in the Fall, My wife won't let me build a boat, Recent email |
WebLetter 82 (25
October 06) Feedback: Cracker Box, Bull's Eye, TNT; The Box; Gathering; Fiberglass sheathing; Recent email |
WebLetter 81 (25
September 06) Macke 14 - Upper Mississippi River, Building the Alpha 2, Cruisette: Builders' Diary-Part 5, Feedback: TNT, Stripper, Tango, Classic Mahogany Runabout, Recent email |
WebLetter 80 (25
August 06) Console Skiff, Imp, Afloat at last, Inflation?, My Epoxy Won't Cure, Calendar 9-06, Shop Talk: Bass Boat notes, Recent email |
WebLetter 79 (7
July 06) Teleseminar follow-up, Building a dream, Calendar, Double Eagle, Addicted to boatbuilding, Console Skiff construction, Frame Kit templates, Shop Talk: Fairing Board, Marine Plywood, Recent email |
WebLetter 78 (26
May 06) Glass Bottom boat, New affiliate, Cruisette Builder's Diary, Starpath 44 by James Logan, Recent Photos, Where's the Boat, Questionnaire Results, Shop Talk: Fairing Board, Marine Plywood, Recent email |
WebLetter 77 (28
April 06) Allyn Perry, Refurbishing the Thunderbolt, Cruisette Builder's Diary, Recent Photos, Building Tubby Tug, Salute to cordless drills, Shop Talk: Window installation, Recent email |
WebLetter 76 (31
March 06) Allyn Perry, Building Console Skiff, Cruisette Builder's Diary, Recent Photos, Naming a Boat, Building Renegade Part 2, Sumer is icumen, Shop Talk Misc, Recent email |
WebLetter 75 (20
February 06) Feature: Fancy Free, Repainting Therapy, Building KidYaks-2, Winter Boatbuilding, Cruisette-Diary, Exhaust Systems, Saucy Shingle, Recent email |
WebLetter 74 (24 January
06) Wish you had, Epoxy: Unusual uses, Plans cost, Sugar Jack update, Boatbuilding poem, Future boat builders, Recent email |
WebLetter 73 (12
December 05) Voyage of the Kobuk, Feedback: Glen-L 14, A DIY Company, Moderating Forum, Mahogany, Recent email |
WebLetter 72 (21
November 05) Feedback: Eight ball/Tango, Gloomy Saturday, Journal of the Molly B, Did you ever make a mistake, History of Budlight, Automobile motors to marine, Recent email |
WebLetter 71 (18
October 05) Macke 13-Upper Missouri River, Feedback: Glen-L 15/Kidyak/Sweet Caroline/River Rat/Power Skiff 14/Two Plus, Grits, Building Renegade, Recent email |
WebLetter 70 (9
September 05) Macke 12- Tennessee River, Deadman throttle, Gentry photos, Online Inboard Hardware catalog, Feedback: TNT/KePau/Zip, Recent email |
WebLetter 69 (22
July 05) Why I must build a boat, Feedback: Sherwood Queen/Glen-L 25/Geronimo/Sweet Caroline/DynoJet/Tiny Might, Lumber cuts, Tuffy Tug, Marine Plywood, Recent email |
WebLetter 68 (10
June 05) Online Store, New folding boat, C-Flex, Feedback: Console Skiff/Geronimo, Building a Squirt with jet, Building the Squirt part 1, Rocking boat, Recent email |
WebLetter 67 (22
April 05) Feature: Trawlers 1, Feedback: Hercules, Yukon, Roustabout, Knot in a hurry, Ken Hankinson, Launch of Erica, Recent email |
WebLetter 66 (18
March 05) Why I must build a boat, Old Guys: Andy Anderson, Bass Boat, Jimbo - a conversation, Bridge hopping, Recent email |
WebLetter 65 (18
February 05) Macke 11- Intracoastal Waterway Near New Orleans, Installing Teleflex in Squirt, Fiberglass materials, Feedback: Carioca, Rampage, Recent email |
WebLetter 64 (14
January 05) Feature: Stiletto, Mirage-Drive, Building or fishing, Poplar, Feedback: Sculling Skiff, Poxy-Shield: Work time, Recent email |
WebLetter 63 (10
December 04) Ke-Pau paddlewheeler, Trends, Behind the 8 Ball, Feedback: Squirt/V-Dory/TNT, Veneering transom, Recent email |
WebLetter 62 (22
October 04) Boat building Woods, Macke 10- South of St. Louis to Nashville, Feedback: Malahini/Squirt, Building form, Recent launchings, Recent email |
WebLetter 61 (17
September 04) Featured design: Delta Q/Gypsy/Quest, Feedback: Amp Eater/Console Skiff, Steam box, Recent launchings, Recent email |
WebLetter 60 (13
August 04) GPS, Macke 9-Therapy on the Kentucky River, Fastenings, Wooden windshield, Feedback: Dyno-Jet/Sea angler, Recent email |
WebLetter 59 (1 July
04) Featured design: V-Drive boats, Riviera Frame Kit, Inboard Hardware: V-Drives, Feedback: Tornado/Monaco, Scarfing with a Router, Recent email |
WebLetter 58 (11
June 04) Featured design: Sherwood Queen, Riviera Frame Kit, CS 20 update, Feedback: Two Plus/Power Skiff 14, Porpoising, Working with patterns, Recent email |
WebLetter 57 (14 May
04) Featured design: Double Eagle, CS 20 update, Feedback: Zip, Vacuum bagging, Gelcoat, Squirt with a jet, Recent email |
WebLetter 56 (9
April 04) Macke 8-Alabama River - Montgomery to Pensacola, Featured design: Sissy Do/IMP, Feedback: Kodiak/Gentry/Pot Luck, 3.0 Chevy-Velvet Drive, Marinizing an engine, Turning Bo-Jest, Recent email |
WebLetter 55 (12
March 04) Featured design: Glen-L 13, About buttocks/ waterlines/ diagonals, Old boatbuilder: Ray Moran, Squirt with jet, Flotation, Recent email |
WebLetter 54 (13
February 04) Featured design: V-Dory, Feedback: V-Dory/ Sneak Box/ Flying Saucer/ Tiny Titan, Fiberglassing trailing edge, Wood: Proper names, Metric, Recent email |
WebLetter 53 (10 January
04) Featured design: Missile, Evolution of V-drive hull, Chine/bottom junction, What glue?, Feedback: Rampage/V-Gull aluminum/Squirt, What propeller?, Turning the hull, Recent email |
WebLetter 52 (4
December 03) Featured design: Audeen, Spraying 2 part polyurethane, Cold-molded history, Legend of the Lake, Recent email |
WebLetter 51 (30
October 03) Boat repair: dents & dings, Fairing tools, Feedback: Squirt/Sissy Do/Bo-Jest/Honker/Sliding seat, Construction of Glen-L 12, Recent email |
WebLetter 50 (26
September 03) Jetski powered boats, Boat repair & refinish, Bigger is better?, Console Skiff, Feedback: Tiny Titan, Lord Nelson, Painting, Turning Francis Drake, Launch: Wild Thing, Recent email |
WebLetter 49 (22
August 03) New Frame Kits, Gentry is here, TV Star, Feedback: Rebel, Installing a wakeboard pylon, Fitting the chine, Building Hobbiton (Carioca), Console Skiff web site, Old guys: E.L. Anderson, Odds & Ends, Feedback: Squirt, Console Skiff dolly, Recent email |
WebLetter 48 (18
July 03) Tuffy: 1st Love, Making a swim platform, About fiberglass, Using patterns, Feedback: Airboat, Strut bearings, Recent email |
WebLetter 47 (6 June
03) What do I need to start?, Building Tubby Tug, Console, Epoxy glue joints, Building form, BS 6566 Vs BS 1088, Squirt with jet, Feedback: Tornado/Fife, Frame Kits, Turning the hull, Recent email |
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Email WebLetter (24 April 03) Feedback: Tunnel Mite, Outrage, Emerald Coaster in FL Keys, Bills of Materials, Stuffing box packing, Odds & Ends, Lunatic Fringe, Recent email |
WebLetter 45 (27
March 03) Macke 7-Pickwick to Florida, Sheet plywood development, Struts, Glen-L 12, Modifying outboards to short shaft, Right topside paint, Shop pockets, Feedback: Alpha 2, Recent email |
WebLetter 44 (27
February 03) New boat?, Range-How far on a tank of gas?, Performance: Celerity, Making the shaft hole, Feedback: Zip/Cabin Skiff/Noyo Trawler, Shop storage, Wiring notes, Recent email |
WebLetter 43 (30 January
03) New Flats boat, Making a molded windshield, Floorboards-storage-interior design, Propeller shafts, USCG site, Epoxy applicators, Recent email |
WebLetter 42 (19
December 02) Season Greetings, Description of hull types, More about rudder and shaft stuffing boxes, Cam-driven water pumps |
WebLetter 41 (21
November 02) Introduction to Fairing, Skeg Vs Fin, Boat Doctor?, Feedback: 2 Tunnel Mites, Determining Hull Capacity, Building the Power Skiff, Feedback: Squirt, More Squirt, Recent email (MiniMaxed photos) |
WebLetter 40 (16
October 02) New Products, Feedback: Cabin Skiff, Transom angles, Shaft logs & stuffing boxes, Feedback: Squirt, Recent email (Honker construction photos) |
WebLetter 39 (12
September 02) Macke 6-MS River trip, Feedback: Jimbo, Trip to Catalina (Sea Knight), Restoring Sea Knight, More Sea Knight, Conventional plywood or Stitch and Glue, Delta King Update, Wood look, Recent email |
WebLetter 38 (2
August 02) Bottom repair, Inboard hardware: Rudders, Web sites, Can I lengthen... ?, Problem answer, Feedback: Bo-Jest, Recent email |
WebLetter 37 (21
June 02) Feedback: Celerity, Making improvements, Motorwell problem, Inboard hardware: Struts, Feedback: Yukon, Cabin Skiff update, Stitch and Glue notes, ABX?, Safety Standards for Backyard Boat Builders, Recent email |
WebLetter 36 (16 May
02) Scraping for finishing, Poxy-Shield working time, Macke 5-Chattanooga to Knoxville, Old Boat Club, Feedback: Kid-Yak/Power Skiff 14, Safety Standards for Backyard Boat Builders, Mat & Epoxy, Argosy notes, Shop talk, Questions, Recent email |
WebLetter 35 (11
April 02) Dream building, Centerboard notes, Frame construction, Power Skiff 14, Tools, Old Boat Club, Feedback: Argosy, Painting options, Recent email |
WebLetter 34 (7
March 02) Monte Carlo is here, Feedback: Quest/TNT with jet/Sea Knight/Zip/Utility, Laminating, Exposed drum steerer, Rudder cavitation, Escapade model, Fairing boards, Recent email |
WebLetter 33 (24
January 02) Macke 4-Cruising the Missouri River, Monte Carlo update, Epoxy, fillers and color matching, Using random-random stock, Recent Photos, Sanding Epoxy, Recent email |
WebLetter 32 (29
November 01) Stainless steel fasteners, Macke 3- Exploring the Green River, Fastening plywood to frames, Feedback: Renegade/Bandido, The Red Dart (L Dorado), Planing Tiny Titan, Recent email |
WebLetter 31 (18
October 01) Boatbuilding epoxy, Boatbuilding tools-3, Feedback: Tubby Tug, Self-draining cockpit, 4-Stroke outboard, Macke 2-Illinois/Mississippi Rivers, Shop talk: Building hints, How fast?, More models, Recent email |
WebLetter 30 (13
September 01) Feature boat: Ski Tow/Malahini, Boatbuilding Tools-2, Macke 1-Cruising the Tennessee River, Transom reinforcement, Alternative rub rail, On the drawing board, Feedback: Sherwood Queen, Recent email |
WebLetter 29 (2
August 01) Feature: Canoes & kayaks, Approximating displacement in canoes/kayaks, MiniMaxed is here, Airboat frame Kit, Boatbuilding Tools, Feedback: Union Jack, Glen-L discussion group, Recent email |
WebLetter 28 (28
June 01) Riviera engine compartment 2, Displacement/Simpson's rule, Feedback: XP8 and Pot Luck, Fan Club, Steermaster cables, Recent email |
WebLetter 27 (24 May
01) New design: Honker, Riviera engine compartment, Model making, Minimax, Double planking, Need to build a boat, Feedback: Jimbo, Recent email |
WebLetter 26 (11
April 01) New design: Party Boat, Building the Yukon-Part 2, Boat steering, Sanding, Feedback: Cabin Skiff, Eight Ball, Fife, Recent email |
WebLetter 25 (7
March 01) Center of Bouyancy, Feedback: Riviera, Sweet Caroline, Marauder, Kingpin, Tubby Tug, Recent email |
WebLetter 24 (25 January
01) Sculling Oar Rigging Small Sailboats-Chap 11 (end), Hercules Stitch & Glue, Old Boat Club, Feedback: Swish Recent email |
WebLetter 23 (7 Dec.
00) Transfer paper, Southern CA Messabout, Rigging Small Sailboats-Chap 10, Laytex paint for boats, Feedback: Kingpin, Sweet Caroline Stitch & Glue, Feedback: Noyo, Recent email |
WebLetter 22 (27
October 00) Feedback: Flying Saucer, Class CD, Rigging Small Sailboats-Chap 9, Feedback: Monaco, Hunky Dory, Builders in the News, Making fiberglass components, Recent email |
WebLetter 21 (15
September 00) Converting a Briggs, Cabin Skiff report, Monsoon: Turning the hull, Rigging Small Sailboats-Chap 8, Links to on-line projects, Feedback: TNT, Feedback: Bo-Jest, Recent email |
WebLetter 20 (3
August 00) Pontoon vs Barge, Father & a Glen-L Rebel, Rigging Small Sailboats-Chap 7, Performance: Tunnel Mite, Boat Registration, Shop talk: Centerboard Trunk, Recent email |
WebLetter 19 (28
June 00) Great Lakes Small Craft Symposium, Building the Glen-L 14, L Dorado, L Capitan Model, Rigging Small Sailboats-Chap 6, Feedback: Jack Tar, Port Townsend Summer Programs, Recent email |
WebLetter 18 (11 May
00) New Tool Store, FREE Magazine, On the drawing board: Pedal Boat, Sliding seat plans, Rigging Small Boats-Chap 5, Feedback: Renegade, Update: Thunderbolt, Shop talk: Scarf Sled, Glen-L 30, Recent email |
WebLetter 17 (7
April 00) Dinky launch, Electric Videos, Rigging Small Boats-Chapter 4, PowerYak, Review: Canvasworker's Guide, Feedback: Tubby Tug, Recent email |
WebLetter 16 (15
February 00) Model Making, Rigging Small Sailboats-Chapter 3, Feedback: Stiletto, Building the Tunnel King - Part 3, Hats & T-shirts, Shop Talk: Table Saw Jig, Recent email |
WebLetter 15 (17 Dec
99) Feedback: Roustabout, New Sailboat pages, Book: "Rigging Small Sailboats" Chapters 1 & 2, Making a model, New books, Feedback: Power Skiff, Recent email |
WebLetter 14 (22 Oct
99) Feedback: Sweet Caroline, Missile on the web, More wood, Feedback: Bo-Jest, Dory man of Fiji, "The Dory Book", Marine plywood specifications, Recent email |
WebLetter 13 (10 Sep
99) Building the Tunnel King Part 2, Drifter at Lava Falls, Squirts in MN, Don Ruffa, Sailboat: Care of sails, Boat Building in Skopelos, Recent email |
WebLetter 12 (6 August
99) Inboard shaft angle & layout, Sailboat: Weather helm, Feedack: Utility, Howard I. Chapelle, Recent email |
WebLetter 11 (25
June 99) Virgin Boatbuilder- Part 3, True or false?, Glen-L test models, 4 new books, Recent email |
WebLetter 10 (7 May
99) Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, Building the Thunderbolt, When to encapsulate, Builder feedback: Sea Kayak, Recent email |
WebLetter 9 (18 Mar
99) Old boat club: Thunderbolt, Virgin Boatbuilder- Part 2, Builder feedback: Riviera, Book review: How to Fiberglass Boats, Recent email |
WebLetter 8 (30 Jan
99) Feedback: Topper, Building the Tunnel King, New on the drawing board, Invictus and the Pacific, Book: Inboard Motor Installations, Letter: Kid-Row, Recent email |
WebLetter 7 (December
98) New Inboard Hardware catalog, Mr. Pearsall's Boatbuilders, Steam Engine you can make, Plywood Boatbuilding for Virgin Builders-Part 1, JIMBO at last, Book: Boatbuilding with Plywood, Recent email |
WebLetter 6 (Sep 98) Feedback: PEE WEE, Feature: JIMBO, More Plywood, Notes on Power Skiff, Feedback: TNT, POXY-SHIELD: Bubbles |
WebLetter 5 (July
98) Feedback: TNT, Featured boat: Glen-L 10, Joining plywood, Alfredo Rodriquez, A Kick-up rudder, Epoxy Q & A, Oar length |
WebLetter 4 (June
98) Feedback: Cabin Skiff, Windshields, What do I need to build a boat (Tuffy), Old boats: Missile, Featured boat: Amp Eater, Poxy-Shield: Filling |
WebLetter 3 (March
98) Gayle Brantuk, Klondike/Polynesia, Letter: Audeen, Drawing vs Designing, New McDrift, Poxy-Shield: Working time, Vee-Drive, Inboard hardware description |
WebLetter 2 (January
98) Boat Report: Cracker Box, Boatbuilding under fire, Planing vs Displacement boats, Lumber and Plywood long pieces, Allyn Perry, Scant plywood, Feature boat: Fife |
WebLetter 1 (August
97) Performance Report: Gypsy, Darla Schooler, Fiberglassing a planing boat, Steamboat Jim, Whitehall notes, Plywood facts |