Stitch-and-glue construction, along with the development of epoxy and modern mahogany marine plywood, has revolutionized and revitalized wooden boat building. this method of building is not only stronger, lighter, and faster than traditional wooden boat building, but it also takes far less skill. with stitch-and-glue construction, no strongbacks, forms, or temporary frames are required to. I've decided to make the plans for my stitch & glue guillemot available to internet users as "share ware". if you end up building this boat please send me a photograph of the results. if you don't want to deal with lofting from the offsets, you can use the pdf at the bottom of this page or order the hardcopy prints from me. you can read my experiences making this kayak in the journal i tried. Stitch and glue guideboat project this is my latest boatbuilding project. it is a stitch and glue adirondack guideboat and the plan was from john gardiner. stitch means the panels are held together with wires that are spaced every 12" or so. then thickened epoxy is put in between the stitches to tack the boat seams together...
The devlin “stitch and glue” method is a superior way to build a wooden boat. it has been developed and refined here at devlin designing boat builders for almost 40 years, and has been adopted by other segments of the wooden boat industry..
