This is the big area where I took some liberty with the plans. My first sailboat, the Glen-L 15, is a similar boat with similar lines, albeit 2 feet shorter, with a wooden, weighted center board. It was rather tender, and from things I've read about this boat it is as well. In attempt to make it more stiff when sailing, I modified the centerboard and will make it out if 1" thick steel. To accommodate that, I modified the shape of the centerboard box, and beefed it up and made it out of three quarter-inch marine grade plywood, instead of the 3/8 inch thick plywood that the blueprint suggested.
I fiberglassed the inside, and put Kevlar on the lower third because of the heavier centerboard, so that will withstand the abrasions from the steel.
I went ahead and sealed and painted the box, and also put on some mahogany trim.
This is test fitting it into the area on the keel that I've alteady cut to receive it.
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