Design
Nomad
Designed by Glen-L Marine
An 18 ft outboard day cruiser from Glen-L Marine with an open-backed cabin, sliding windows, an inside helm and seats that convert to two 6 ft 6 in berths, plus a concealed head and galley cabinet. Three-eighths sheet plywood hull, vee forward and flat aft, single or twin outboards to 135 hp total. Glen-L publish a beam of 7 ft 9 in and a hull depth of 3 ft 6 in.
The bare hull comes out at about 800 lb. Headroom below is 4'-7". The hull is a vee bottom, hard chine, developed for sheet plywood planking. Power: Single or twin short shaft outboard motors to 135 hp total. Long shaft motor can be used if transom modified. They draw a matching trailer for her. Simple sheet plywood construction; some builders extend the cabin or leave it off entirely. Budget 400 to 750 hours. Real hours from logged builds appear below.
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