Monaco Design

Photos Updated 20 March 2012

8 September 2010

My name is Alan Close and live in Logan, (halfway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast) Queensland, Australia. I originally bought the Monaco plans in 1997 but only started the build in May 2008. The frame timber is Hoop Pine and is planked in 4mm Hoop Pine ply. The bright timber is Red Mahogany, a local eucalypt (Eucalyptus resinifera). The boat is being powered by a Toyota Lexus 4 Litre V8 driving through a Borg Warner 71C velvet drive.

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Dear Glen-L,

I wanted to send a few more pictures of my Monaco to add to the customer photo section. I wanted to test everything before completing the decking and seats.

I was very happy with the performance and everything seemed to work as it should.

Thanks,

David Barrett

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Subject: Monaco Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000

Hi Again,

Here's some photos of the Monaco, finished similar to the Riviera already displayed on your photo board #1. Being the second one I built, it came out a little nicer (my opinion) that the first. It also has the MreCruiser 350 MAG MPI (315 HP) engine and almost reaches 50 mph. Each boat took about 10 months full time (I'm slow) and the raw materials cost about 19K$. I have plenty intermediate photos if anyone would be interested in seeing them.

Nothing in the works for now.. I'm going to display both boats at the Norwalk, CT Boat Show with the hope of stimulating some interest in building similar boats for interested buyers.

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Monaco by Dean Toburen, Harleysville, Pennsylvania March 9, 2009 NOTE: See Dean's Report on building the Monaco in Glen-L WebLetter 112

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Monaco by Garry Stout, Odessa, Florida April 20, 2009 Here are a few photos of the construction process on my Monaco, as well as some "almost finished" photos. See the article about my project in Glen-L WebLetter 113.

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Monaco by Tim Major, Sydney, Australia 29 May 2010 NOTE: See Tim's interesting story in WebLetter 121

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Monaco by JC Boswell, Decatur, Texas July 31, 2008

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Monaco (RC Models) by Leagh Gerllays, Surrey B.C., Canada December 9, 2008 I have built two Monaco's (my own version) that are 4 feet long, and radio-controlled. They are the same as the real boat, triple-planked, etc.

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