Design
Key West
Designed by Glen-L Marine
A 22 ft 9 in center-console sportfisherman from Glen-L Marine that is all cockpit, with seating for four, a helm seat that becomes a fishing chair, a hinged transom step and a compartment for a portable head. Double-diagonal plywood bottom with bulbous keel and reverse chine, sheet plywood sides; central inboard to 1,200 lb, outboards, or a stern drive, jet or vee drive. Glen-L publish a beam of 7 ft 11 in, a hull depth of 4 ft 1 in and a draft of 15 in.
The bare hull comes out at about 1300 lb. Displacement is 4000 lb. The hull is a vee bottom, hard chine, with bulbous keel and reverse curve at chine. Bottom designed for double diagonal planking, sides developed for sheet plywood planking. They draw a matching trailer for her. A rugged conventional build with a double-diagonal bottom. Budget 700 to 1,200 hours. Measured medians from logged builds appear below.
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