Glen-L Hot Rod

At the Glen-L Boatbuilder Gathering, Lake Nickajack, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Gayle Brantuk, Glen-L Marine Designs Click on the links below to see the latest updates. Seats Deck Exhaust System

Gathering of Glen-L Boatbuilders at Lake Nickajack Tennessee, September 16-18, 2011. We attended the fifth annual get together of Glen-L boat builders, family and friends organized by Glen-L builders. Photo courtesy of Gayle Brantuk, Glen-L Marine Designs Click on the link below for more details : Gathering 2011 Trip Report and Photos

The seat tops are just proud of the deck surface.

1. Here are some photos of the completed upholstery.

2. The passenger seat back folds down for access to the v-drive. There's enough space behind the seats to store the paddle, rope boarding ladder and other boating stuff.

3. Driver's seat back cushion is slipped onto the seat frame and attached with a velcro strip along the seat back's bottom edge. The passenger seat back is held in place with snap buttons.

4. Seat pan cushions fit like a glove...

5. We'll have to raise the passenger seat's hinge pivot point so that the seat back lays flat on the seat pan cushion.

6. Many thanks to Marcel Vaillancourt for doing a great job on the seats. The final product is exactly what I had in mind !

The air-fuel meter can monitor each cylinder bank individually or can provide an average for both cylinders. Averaging both sensors at 2000 RPM gave us this reading. Our jetting is in the ballpark, so we'll log our next run under load and cruise conditions and try our next setup. The meter will store up to 25 minutes of data in the dual sensor mode. This tool really takes the guesswork out of tuning a carburetor !

1. We fabricated an alignment jig made from 3/4" plywood scraps and hose clamps to mark location of turnbuckle mounting holes on the 7/8" OD control shaft.

2–3, 5. Here's an excerpt from the Glenwood Marine Catalog explaining how the cavitation plate override system works: "On high speed boats, quick accurate setting of the cavitation plate is desirable for safety and best performance. Using a combination Foot Control and Control Handle with an Override Assembly makes such adjustment quick and positive. Usually the cavitation plates are set by the hand control to the desired pitch. However, when quick acceleration is desired, or when the bow of the boat needs to be brought down instantly, the foot control can be depressed to override the hand control. When the foot control is released, the cavitation plate will will return to its initial pre-set pitch."

4. Double faced carpet tape was used to temporarily hold the cavitation plate male bosses while fitting. Mounting holes will be drilled after the control shaft has been machined.

Hole centerlines were marked with a die grinder cutoff wheel. Parts were reassembled and measurements were double checked before sending the control shaft out for spot facing and drilling.