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 boat has been reassembled and is back on the water !. The deck and hull have been sealed with two rounds of black primer-sealer. The shortened propeller shaft and new smaller diameter propeller have been installed. The front seats and cockpit have been reassembled.

1–2, 5–6. At the Glen-L Boatbuilder Gathering, Lake Nickajack, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Gayle Brantuk, Glen-L Marine Designs

3. Fits like a glove !

4. The port deck was buttoned down. We're ready for some fairing along the sheer and fiberglass.

7. Clearcoating the dash.

8. Fresh coat of black urethane primer sealer.

9. Upgraded rubber exhaust hoses to custom aluminum "S" pipes.

10. First startup of the season.

11. New removable upholstery !

12. At Lower Duck Island on the Ottawa River.

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 spacer blocks added 3" to the overall width of the exhaust system, so while we were at it, we replaced the 36" long runs of 3-1/2" wet exhaust hose with aluminum pipe. We cut the Glenwood 3-1/2" exhaust elbow flange and welded on 4" aluminum pipe stubs. The aluminum 4" OD vertical-drop 'S' pipes were cut, rotated, fitted and rewelded. The pipes were detailed and sprayed with DuPont etching primer and topcoated with Imron silver metallic paint.

We didn't have space for mufflers, so we installed Gibson Transom Mount Power Tip mufflers. The silencers reduce decibel ranges and surpass the 88db limits required by the California SAE J2005 Motorboat Sound Law without compromising power. Click the photo for a higher resolution image. Click here for silencer specifications.

Space is at a premium in this boat !

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 !