The quick and cost-effective way to build the boat of your dreams
For nearly 30 years,Devlins Boatbuilding Manualhas been walking backyard boat builders like you through the process of creating a beautiful, seaworthy vessel with your own hands. This popular guide focuses on the stitch-and-glue processa simpler, cheaper method than plank-on-frame and cold-molded constructionthat produces the same stunning results.
Now, master boat builder Sam Devlin has updated his classic work with critical insights, information, and refinements he has learned over the decades, including:
- Step-by-step look at the process from start to finish
- Tested new ideas to streamline the building process
- New insights on stitch-and-glue building from the amateurs perspective
- Additional materials and tools for expanding your building/finishing options
- Fresh ideas for constructing cabins and pilothouses
- More in-depth coverage of maintenance and repair
- Expanded appendix showing the range of stitch-and-glue boats
Whether youre looking to build a seven-foot dinghy or a 50-foot motor cruiser,
Devlins Boatbuilding Manualprovides proven plans and expert advice to get the job doneand get it done well.
Sam Devlin has been in love with boats since childhood. The boat building operation he started with his wife on a shoestring in 1977 has flourished, and Devlin Designing Boat Builders each year rolls out between 20 and 40 stitch-and-glue boats of various sizes from its shop on the shores of Puget Sound.
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