Devlin's Boat Building Manual: How to Build Your Boat the Stitch-and-Glue Way, Second Edition

The quick and cost-effective way to build the boat of your dreams

for nearly 30 years, Devlins Boatbuilding Manual has 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