I am starting construction on my second boat. After spending the last year building an Iain Oughtred Acorn 10 (danesboats.blogspot.com), I wanted to try my hand with an inboard powered workboat. The criteria for choosing this design were simple - it needed to fit in one stall in my garage, it had to be capable of being powered by an inboard diesel, and finally it needed to have tons of character. After considering some very cool designs by Atkins (www.atkinboatplans.com) and Paul Gartside (www.gartsideboats.com) I chose the Glen-L Sherwood Queen due to its classic workboat look. Instead of the monocoque lapstrake construction used for the Acorn, this hull will be cold molded with an internal frame structure. Cold molding is simply layering high quality marine grade wood with a material like fiberglass or kevlar. The photo above shows the profile of the Sherwood Queen. She has a length of 15' 6" with a 7' 4" beam. The powerplant will most likely be a two cylinder Yanmar 2YM15, rated at 14 horsepower. I expect to spend 18 to 24 months building her.