Design

Sweet Sixteen

A 16 ft 2 in mini tugboat from Glen-L Marine, the smallest of the range, with a 5 ft wide double berth that extends to 6 ft 2 in, space for a portable head, cabin doors both sides and aft, and the engine sharing space under the berth. About 3,300 lb; sheet plywood over frames. Glen-L publish a beam of 7 ft 2 in and a draft of 2 ft 6 in.

Displacement is 3300 lb. A builder called it the most enjoyable of his three boats. Budget 700 to 1,200 hours. Real hours from logged builds are below.

What building a Sweet Sixteen actually takes

Medians from the build logs kept on this site, not the designer’s estimate. Nobody has logged this boat here yet, so they are empty until the first builder does.

Build logs

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Median months

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Builds of this boat

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Boats like this one

Same type, closest in length.

Design	Plans from	LOA	Logs
Candlefish 16	Chesapeake Light Craft	16′ 2″ (4.93 m)	0
Candlefish 16	Devlin	16′ 2″ (4.93 m)	0
Candlefish 16 Casting Deck	Chesapeake Light Craft	16′ 2″ (4.93 m)	0
16' Seecruiser	Boatkits	4.91 m (16′ 1″)	0
Cabin Skiff	Glen-L Marine	16′ 3″ (4.95 m)	1
Audeen	Glen-L Marine	16′ 3″ (4.95 m)	0