Design
Tornado
Designed by Glen-L Marine
An 18 ft 6 in low-profile vee-drive ski boat from Glen-L Marine with flaring anti-trip sides, a smooth tumblehome into the deck at the transom, bucket cockpits and the engine left exposed for show. Vee-bottomed sheet plywood, about 725 lb; stern-mounted inboard to 800 lb on a vee drive. Glen-L publish a beam of 7 ft 0 in and a hull depth of 20 in.
They put the usual load at 2 to 4 people. The hull is a vee bottom with flaring sides that act as anti-trip chines. Developed for sheet plywood planking. Glen-L say the hull should not be lengthened. They draw a matching trailer for her. Rugged but relatively simple to build, with Glen-L's interlocking motor-stringer method. Budget 500 to 850 hours. Real hours from logged builds are below.
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| Flats Flyer | Glen-L Marine | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | 0 |
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| Goliath | Glen-L Marine | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | 0 |
| Two Plus | Glen-L Marine | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | 0 |