Design
Hot Rod
Designed by Glen-L Marine
A 16 ft 6 in vee-drive speed and ski boat from Glen-L Marine with a string of competition successes, tough enough to keep coming back, and an excellent ski boat. Vee-bottomed sheet plywood, about 600 lb; inboard under 800 lb on a vee drive. Not for rough water. Glen-L publish a beam of 6 ft 11 in and a hull depth of 28 in.
They put the usual load at 2 to 4 people. The hull is a vee bottom, hard chine, developed for sheet plywood planking. They draw a matching trailer for her. Designed for speed but also, Glen-L says, for ease of building by the amateur. Budget 400 to 700 hours. Real hours from logged builds show below.
What building a Hot Rod actually takes
Medians from the build logs kept on this site, not the designer’s estimate.
Those medians firm up as more people log this boat.
Builds of this boat
Boats like this one
Same type, closest in length.
| Design | Plans from | LOA | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outboard Dory 16 | Bateau | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | 0 |
| Outrage | Glen-L Marine | 16′ 5″ (5 m) | 0 |
| Godzilli 16 | Devlin | 16′ 7″ (5.06 m) | 0 |
| 17' Ausflugsboot | Boatkits | 5 m (16′ 5″) | 0 |
| Garvey 17 | Bateau | 16′ 8″ (5.08 m) | 0 |
| Cabin Skiff | Glen-L Marine | 16′ 3″ (4.95 m) | 1 |