Top 10 Boat Plans

Top 10 Boat Plans

Posted by Gayle Brantuk on Jun 6th 2014

Building a boat as a hobby is alive and well! In spite of current economic times, people are still building boats. They may not be laying down huge sums of moolah for a brand spankin’ new boat, but the desire to create a boat with ones own two hands is more popular than it’s ever been.

We thought it would be fun to show you the 10 most popular Glen-L designs. The winners are based on the number of plans & patterns sold. And the winners are… drum roll please:

#10 Super Spartan - 10′ Hydroplane

Super Spartan built by Steve Wells

Super Spartan built by Steve Wells

#9 Stripper - A 16′ or 17' Strip Planked Canoe

Stripper built by John R

#8 Sabotina - An 8′ Sail/Row Pram

Glen-L Sabotina as built by Michael George - 010 Sabotina as built by Michael George

#7 Imp – 10′ Flat Bottom Rowboat

Imp built by Warren Lyon

Imp built by Warren Lyon

#6 Flats Flyer - An 18-1/2′ Florida Flats Boat

Flats Flyer built by Steve Miller

Flats Flyer built by Steve Miller

#5 Tubby Tug - A 9' Stitch & Glue Tug Boat

Tubby Tug by Bob Ellison Tubby Tug built by Bob Ellison

#4 Barrelback - A 19′ Mahogany Barrelback Runabout

Barrelback 19 by James Hurley-17 Barrelback 19 built by James Hurley

#3 Malahini - A 16′ Classic Outboard Runabout

Malahini built by George Redden Malahini built by George Redden

#2 Zip – A 14′ Classic Runabout

Zip built by Pat Wilkening

Zip built by Pat Wilkening

**WINNER** #1 Squirt – 10′ Runabout

Squirt built by Jeff Cobb

Squirt built by Jeff Cobb

So…. which one are you going to build???