Design

Bravado

A 17 ft deep-vee overnighter from Glen-L Marine, the same soft-riding hull as the Roustabout with two full-length berths in a cuddy and plenty of cockpit for fishing. Sheet plywood, about 900 lb; outboards to 135 hp total or a stern-drive inboard to 650 lb.

Glen-L's point is that sheet plywood puts a deep-vee hull within an amateur's reach at a fraction of a production boat's cost. Budget 400 to 650 hours. Real hours from logged builds are below.

What building a Bravado actually takes

Medians from the build logs kept on this site, not the designer’s estimate. Nobody has logged this boat here yet, so they are empty until the first builder does.

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Median months

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Builds of this boat

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