Description
The Glen-L Minuet, a refined 24-foot auxiliary sloop designed by Glen L. Witt in the 1960s and offered through Glen-L Marine Designs, embodies the firm's early mastery of plywood construction for trailerable pocket cruisers, delivering elegant lines, balanced performance, and surprising accommodations for couples or small families pursuing coastal voyages or Great Lakes gunkholing. Measuring 24 feet LOA (21'6" LWL) with an 8-foot beam and 3 feet draft on a full keel with 1,800 pounds of lead ballast (displacement ~5,500 pounds for a 33% ballast ratio and comfort ratio ~27), it offers a stable, sea kindly motion with hull speed ~6.4 knots and capable handling under its masthead sloop rig carrying 295 square feet of sail (SA/D ~16; 180 sq ft main, 115 sq ft genoa on a tabernacle-stepped aluminum mast, achieving 5–7 knots reaching in 10–15 knots breeze). Built via marine plywood planking over oak frames (¼–⅜-inch sheets, sheathed in fiberglass/epoxy for waterproofing and strength; 800–1,200 build hours using full-size patterns), the design features a self-bailing cockpit, optional shoal-draft centerboard for ICW shallows, and a warm teak-trimmed interior with 6-foot headroom, V-berth forward, U-shaped galley with sink and gimbaled stove, convertible dinette settees (sleeping 4), enclosed head, and quarter berth aft—provisioned for weekend overnights with 30-gallon water capacity. Auxiliary power via a 15–20 hp diesel inboard (e.g., Universal Atomic 4 or Yanmar 1GM) or outboard in a well provides 5-knot motoring; with over 100 completed worldwide since its debut (many logging Bermuda runs or Lake Michigan circuits),
