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Cabin Skiff

Designed by Glen-L Marine

A 16 ft 3 in stitch-and-glue outboard tabloid cruiser from Glen-L Marine with a full walk-around deck, a trunk cabin with two berths and a hardtop shelter, on standard plywood sheets with an outboard to 40 hp. It is one of the most completely patterned boats of its size, with over 100 sq ft of full-size patterns covering the planking, decking and floorboards.

First-time builders are the audience. Budget 300 to 500 hours. Measured medians from logged builds appear below.

What building a Cabin Skiff actually takes

Medians from the build logs kept on this site, not the designer’s estimate.

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Build logs
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Launched
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Median hours
11.0
Median months

Those medians firm up as more people log this boat.

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