Pete's Reliant

Pete's Reliant

Posted by pjenke on Mar 6th 2020

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This is me standing next to the finished frame of the hull.

I started this project of building a Glen-L 49 foot Reliant, World Cruising Sailboat, in 2009 with the construction of the boat shop and began construction of the boat later that year.  Finally in 2013 I am about to start skinning the hull using the cold molded technique.  Visit me at my blog for more details of this project.

 http://theboatbuildersblog.blogspot.com

Just to update everyone on the progress.  This Saturday (04/07/18) we will be completing the fiberglassing on the starboard side which will complete the hull.  Very excited.

We've made a lot of progress over the years.  Here is a snippet.

The 4 layers of plywood strips are complete.

We've got the fiberglass mat covered with the fiberglass woven being prepared for the wet out.