Design
Jackknife
Designed by Glen-L Marine
A 14 ft 6 in outboard pocket cruiser from Glen-L Marine, a heavily built deep-vee hull with lift strakes and a radiused keel, a cuddy with two berths and room for a portable head, and a deep cockpit. Sheet plywood, about 600 lb, outboards from 20 to 75 hp. Glen-L publish a beam of 6 ft 9 in and a hull depth of 3 ft 0 in.
Headroom below is 33". The hull is a full length deep vee with lift strakes, radiused keel section, and bulbous forefoot, approx. 16o deadrise at the transom, developed for sheet plywood planking. They draw a matching trailer for her. A small boat built like a bigger one. Budget 300 to 500 hours. Real hours from logged builds are below.
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