Glas-Spec boats?

[HarborRd]

Anybody heard of this builder? I knew of one down on the Cape a few years back that was a good looking, solid boat and have heard of a few others. Anybody have any background, i.e. who designed the hulls? The one I knew of was around 34'-35'.

 

[Downeaster]

Anybody heard of this builder? I knew of one down on the Cape a few years back that was a good looking, solid boat and have heard of a few others. Anybody have any background, i.e. who designed the hulls? The one I knew of was around 34'-35'.

Try the forum's search function. There was a discussion about GS in a thread under the title of Mussel Ridge - you participated in that thread as I recall.

 

[MDI45]

They were a small company that had two molds in Surry Maine..they went out of business ...H & H bought there molds and are still building those models

 

[HarborRd]

Try the forum's search function. There was a discussion about GS in a thread under the title of Mussel Ridge - you participated in that thread as I recall.

Welcome to THT. See ya later guys.

 

[BillD]

41 Glas Spec

Here's a pic of Tony Athens' (Seaboard Marine, CA) brother's boat.
Tony built this rig a few years back.
Glas Spec in Surry Maine layed up the hull with a modifed keel.
The hull was trucked back to Oxnard CA. to Seaboard for the build.
Tony's brother is a commercial fisherman out on the west coast.
The boat is a twin screw DE with a modified keel.
I've got quite a bit of info on the boat.
I'm thinking the boat is on it's 2nd or 3rd pr.of diesels,
+30,000 hours..

I'm thinking right now the boat has a pr. of Yanmar 6lps with remote Vdrives.

 

[Hammer Slammer]

I believe that H and H has the molds now, the 34 and 36. The Peggy B 2 out of wychmere is a glass spec, owned by Ronnie Braun.

 

[Downeaster]

Here's a 1991 article from the BDN with a photo of a Glas-Spec 34 underway.

 

[Super Suck]

Here's a pic of Tony Athens' (Seaboard Marine, CA) brother's boat.

Any ideas what they are setting the line out for?

 

[MDI45]

riddles

Welcome to THT. See ya later guys.

HarborRd,Osmond Beal designed the Glass-Spec

 

[BillD]

Any ideas what they are setting the line out for?

Here's the answer to your question!

"Main money is "lighting for squid"-- He has 30,000 watts of lights.. He did 7000 tons this season that closed about 3 weeks ago ( that's about $600K to the boat)"

"Other than that, it's "what ever happens to bite the hook".. That's a 10 mile reel of 1200 lbs test mono ( about 4 mm in diameter)"

 

[Crazy Ivan]

Glass Spec

The name Glass Spec is still a sore subject in Maine. In the eighties they were under bidding everyone and selling a lot of boats. After finally after figuring out that they were losing money they went bankrupet (and keeping a lot of deposits).

 

[Marine Nut]

Great hull though, regardless of of their business politics!

Wes

 

[googinhater]

Man I spent a lot of time on the lady j out of Gloucester great boat slow olny has 350 HP 10kt boat but it go through anything an it will take a shitload of weight great boats

 

[mudhake]

osmond beal 34, 36 ,42. Osmonds first wide bodies.

 

[Palawanbound]

The 41' came from the wooden boat Corned Hake,I think it was fishing out of Milbridge.Dave McGraw really pushed them hard,they were a good boat.

 

[googinhater]

What 41 didn't glasspec make a 36 and 43 or something like that I fished on a 43 and there tanks

 

[MDI45]

What 41 didn't glasspec make a 36 and 43 or something like that I fished on a 43 and there tanks

They made a 34 and a 42....which were bought by H&H.... The Fishermen II in montauk is a 42 with a flybridge ....owned by Paul Giangreco it was one of the last ones to be taken out of the yard by the Marshall

 

[googinhater]

Didn't dixson buy one if the 42 molds to make the 42 hard Chine

 

[MDI45]

Didn't dixson buy one if the 42 molds to make the 42 hard Chine

the Dixon 42 was designed by Osmond Beal ...i dont think its hard chined like the new 45/48 like Timmy Ott has

 

[googinhater]

The 42 is hard and at 16.2 beam its would fit but not shore