The quick and cost-effective way to build the boat of your dreams
For nearly 30 years, Devlin’s 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 process—a simpler, cheaper method than plank-on-frame and cold-molded construction—that 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:
The quick and cost-effective way to build the boat of your dreams
For nearly 30 years, Devlin’s 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 process—a simpler, cheaper method than plank-on-frame and cold-molded construction—that 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: