Glen l cracker box boat

I find the glenl rounded transom much more fitting the nostalgic look of the boat. The crackerbox hardware includes a strut style outdrive, stainless steel skeg and adjustable trim tabs with an outer splash guard on the left trim tab. The blue one is for the grandkids, the animal cracker, and will do about 3540 hp. Boat is setup forsbc not included had a supercharged motor in the boatrunning, used motor for my new flat.

An aft cockpit speed boat with inboard motor mounted forward for the home boat builder. This new hull also performs better than all of our other crackerbox designs, and is currently legal in all crackerbox racing classes. This example has never even seen water, only completed in 20 and still awaiting a powerplant of your choosing. See more ideas about boat, wooden boats and speed boats. I have been reading wooden boat magazine for years and learned of glenl marine from adds in wooden boat. Trailer has new wheels and tires new lights and wiring.

Weve had several requests from glenl builders wishing to extend the hull length and pondering where to locate the engine, or adding a transmission to a design that was never intended to have one direct drive such as the 15 loa glenl cracker box. Fergals boat building the glenl cracker box boat renovation. Builders can shorten the boat by 10 percent if they reduce the frame spacing, but glenl recommends against lengthening the zip. For sale san francisco and bay area, ca 1947 glen l cracker box, this home built 1947 cracker box boat was built off of glen l plans. Crackerbox racing boats covering the cracker box racing boats and the century thunderbolt racers. Covering the cracker box racing boats and the century thunderbolt racers. Jul, 2019 a past owner of a cracker box racerloved the ride. Some of these glen l homebuilts are nicer than anything ive seen come out of a boat factory.

Check out the crackerbox boat for sale with ford v8 60 hp all built to be a water rod. New build crackerbox things have been a bit slow but the kids are back to school this week so i should have more time to play as you can see from my link i have been stripping the donor boat and have the engine out ready for a rebuild as you can hear on the video there is a slight knock in it. The boat is coming along, varnish work is complete and reassembly is taking place, here are a couple of pictures of the boat as we get near the completion of the project. Going fast is easy for a crackerbox, due to its nearly flat bottom. Im currently repairing some stress cracks prior to new paint. Trailer is included in execelent shape and was setup to fit boat perfectly. The unit measures 4 from transom to the end of the stinger, placing the leading edge of the prop about 4 12 off the back of the boat. This proven design can be built even if youre on a budget. In 2011 fergal went about building the first irish glenl cracker box. Professionally built by spencer boatworks and in excellent condition quality construction varnished decks carefully machined enginerare 82a v8 traditional style old school vintage flavor glen l hardware chrome s. The glenl has a more rounded transom than does this crackerbox. When we canadians can\t play hockey we fill up the rink and go boating. He needed an engine that would be true to the cracker box style, so he salvaged a gm 5. See more ideas about wood boats, wooden boats and speed boats.

Engine and boat have test time only, 1 hour, 56 minutes total. Fergal rebuilt the engine and gearbox using a friends workshop so it could be craned into his beloved creation. Looks like a cracker, but its only 10 feet, and runs a 20 hp merc outboard. You can do your own automotive motor conversion using components available from glenl. If you could find templates or plans for a patterson cracker, that is your best bet. So i meet the 80yearold man selling the boat, a deal is struck and i am the proud owner of an old wood cracker box. Index glenl cracker box shaft layout diagrams 14mar2012.

Norman cove, bahamas boat building is one of the few pursuits where utilization of the end product is as rewarding as its construction. Ken hankinson boat designs for the beginning boat builder. Today, it has a new bright red paint job, with a black racing stripe and is powered by a 315 hp mercruiser. Cracker boxs were popularised in america after the second world war and until recently when fergal built one, there wasnt a glenl cracker. This video is about a boat i built named olds cool she is a glen l crackerbox. From the outside, the only really obvious differences are two. Ken worked for glenl for over 22 years from 1965 until 1987 when he ventured out on his own and formed hankinson associates. This 1946 wooden cracker box boat has been totally rebuilt by little johns marine fabrication. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. See our online inboard hardware catalog at the left along with our. The compact cracker box is easy to trailer and handle, too. It also came with another 40 ford motor a set of late edelbrock heads an edelbrock. Find organized links to 1,146 detailed boat builds from 143 websites.

Building the glenl hot rod flywheel forward engine page. See our online inboard hardware catalog at the left along with our hardware list below. Unfollow crackerbox boat to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Boat currently in dry heated storage if in need of more pics or have questions please ask. In february, we published an article on the amazing backyard build of a glenl cracker box by a highly talented irish boat builder named fergal. This time we were amazed by the restoration of a microplas microboat completed in 2014. Visit boatersnet to view this and other glen l power boats for sale by owner as well as other power boats for sale in massachusetts, or place a free ad to sell your own boat. Today i got the first few planks of mahogany on the transom,i will add photos to the album tomorrow. We needed to find some answers, so frame offsets from the glenl plans were. Fergals boat building microplas microboat restoration.

I recently bought some plans from glenl for a 15 crackerbox gentlemans style runabout. Vintage hilborn mechanical fuel injection is available at extra cost. The plans for the zip came from glenl with a stepbystep instruction manual and fullsized patterns for the transom, frames, gussets, stem, breasthook, and knees. Glenl newsletter and builder photos constant contact. I often drive up rosecrans to the 605 freeway on my way back from my moms house to our place in fountain valley. Little john said that he boat had a 392 hemi 260hp in 1952 and ran over 90mph. Boat has undergone a complete rebuild, each part or. The glenl has a different arrangement of bulkheads and one less bulkhead. Crackerbox boat plans how to build a putt putt boat wooden speed boat plans free sailing boat plans for sale runabout boat buildat building on a boat boat layouts plansh for boat 8 best crackerbox images glen l cracker box archives boatbuilders site on glen l rc plans vintage 1 5 scale racing cracker box model boat boat bench seat plans boat building laws a waterfowl how to build a. Red version is the ritz cracker and obtains speeds of almost 100 mph. I need to really think about the inboard powerplant i want to drop in her before i start the overall design process. Since we know kens design workglen was kens mentor for those 22 yearswe feel very comfortable with his expertise and commitment to detail that is a. Suitable inboard engines for a crackerbox boat design net. It has a 1940 24stud motor w stock heads, a weiand 2x2 intake and an old paragon inout transmission.