Design
Bonanza
Designed by Glen-L Marine
A 17 ft inboard runabout from Glen-L Marine with a clipper bow and raked transom in fifties style, a bulbous forefoot and reverse-curve chine borrowed from its big cruisers, and a central straight-shaft inboard, typically a small-block Chevy. Double-diagonal quarter-inch plywood bottom in strips, sheet plywood sides, about 850 lb; a straight transom is an option. Glen-L publish a beam of 6 ft 11 in and a hull depth of 35 in.
They put the usual load at 2 to 6 people. The hull is a double curvature bottom with hard chine designed for double diagonal planking on the bottom and sheet plywood planking on the sides. For power they specify centrally located inboard motor to 900 lbs. They draw a matching trailer for her. The double-diagonal bottom is the extra work over a sheet-plywood runabout. Budget 500 to 850 hours. Real hours from logged builds are below.
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