designing stitch and glue boats
Stitch and glue is a simple boat building method which uses plywood panels stitched together, usually with copper wire, and glued together with epoxy resin.this type of construction can eliminate much of the need for frames or ribs. plywood panels are cut to shape and stitched together to form an accurate hull shape without the need for forms or special tools.. The boat is constructed in a multichine, marine plywood style with epoxy glass laminates inside and out in a stitch and glue style. stainless t-nuts are embedded in the hull deck surface from below to provide a secure set of mounting points for the aka wing. when i started to design boats, i instinctively drew upon locations from my boyhood. Sam devlin has submitted a bid to redesign his tugzilla--a 26' full displacment hull--to 28' with a semidisplacement design for stitch and glue construction. he also has a video of the s&s technique. as this project is a one-off design, it becomes a major challenge to learn good epoxing techniques.. 
designing stitch and glue boats
