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Bandido

Designed by Glen-L Marine

A 30 ft 2 in offshore performance boat from Glen-L Marine, trailerable, with a 22 degree deep-vee, radiused keel and lift strakes for 50 knots or more, and a huge range of power options from twin inboards on I/Os, vee drives or surface drives to twin outboards. Sleeps two or three. Cold-molded wood veneers or plywood strips, or one-off fiberglass. Glen-L publish a beam of 8 ft 0 in and a hull depth of 5 ft 0 in.

The bare hull comes out at about 1900-3200 lb. They put the usual load at 2 to 5 people. Displacement is 5350 lb. Headroom below is 4'-4". The hull is a full length deep vee with 22o min. deadrise with radiused keel section and double curvature, flaring topsides. For power they specify single or twin inboard gasoline or diesel engines using I/O units, surface propeller drives, or v-drives. Glen-L aims it at the conscientious builder willing to follow instructions and use the best materials, because the speeds demand it. Expect 2,500 to 4,000 hours. Measured medians from logged builds appear below.

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