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Custom Boat Design and Boat Building since 1977.

10/30/2026

How did we get the flat plywood to make such a dramatic hull shape for the 36 foot canoe? Photo 1: We did shallow cuts lengthlong in the bow panels. These prevented splitting the plywood when we bent the hull to shape later. Photo 2:Joining the kit puzzle pieces process - first we fill the joint with epoxy. Photo 3: We take fiberglass strips and epoxy weld it directly over the slightly dished joint. Photo 4: Close-up of the fiberglassed joint. 5: All the panels have been joined into solid full length flat hull sides and bottom and are ready to be assembled. Next week we'll show photos of putting the hull together.

10/27/2026

We at Devlin Boat were fortunate to have the Stillaguamish Tribe here in Washington State choose us to design and build their 36 foot canoe with them. Two of their Canoe builders, Nathan and Brian, joined with MacKenzie Devlin for the project. The challenge - to bend plywood to an extreme to create the dramatic canoe shape.
The photos show the result and the final picture shows the building team. All that was left now was a trip to the canoe's new home where brightly colored native designs would be added to the topsides.

10/23/2026

Port Townsend Show 2023: Photo 1: Ellie K welcomes you! 2: Dan Parnell and the Onyx 28 Susan-Joanne. 3: The all electric powered Wayward Sun. 4: The all electric Electric Philosophy. 5: The 35 foot Integrity. 6: Scout.

10/20/2026

Today we share photos from the 2023 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. 1st: Song Wren 21, Nancy's China 15 (sails up), and Godzilla 25. 2nd and 3rd: Larry Cheek's Patty-B close-ups (Song Wren 21 design). 4th, 5th, 6th: different views of the Godzilla 25 tug style cruising boat. Later this week more boats from the 2023 show.

10/16/2026

Over the years the Black Crown design has remained a favorite among the many Devlin Boat designs. Here's a few photos of one that was in Olympia for a while 3 years back. She provides complete living quarters inside - galley - shower, head - dinette - forward berths. And there's inside and outside steering.

10/13/2026

Ken wraps up the build and in the last photo we see the boat with Ken on his trial runs. Complete success! Thank you Ken for the build and the photos!

10/09/2026

Completing the Candlefish 16: 1: roll over outside shop. 2: back in shop, epoxy on fiberglass cloth layer. 3: paint hull and bottom. 4: outfitting interior. 5: outboard is on. 6: forward detail artwork. Thanks again to Ken for supplying these photos from back when the build was being done.

10/06/2026

Ken continues with the hull build. 1:Starboard side gets its top panel wired on. 2: looking forward. 3: Portside sheer panel is wired on. 4: fillets await the cut out fiberglass layups. 5: Longitudinal layups are in and covering the fillets. 6: Looking aft you can see the corner knees are in, bridging the transom and sheer panels. Also the support between the transom and the sole of the boat is in (center of transom bottom).

09/25/2026

Ken Snyder's build continued: photo 1: lower side panel wired in. 2: bulkhead dry fit. 3: forward, small spreader wired in to hold bottom panels proper spread. 4: wires are closer together forward where more force is needed to bend the plywood. 5: notice spreaders on top of lower panels to keep the sides where they need to be. 6: all bulkheads in, plus transom. Coming up next week: completion of the hull.

09/24/2026

Ken documents his Candlefish 16 build. Photo1: planed end of plywood for creating the scarf joint. 2: Ken creates from plans the finishing nails locations to create the line to cut to for the panels. 3: cut panel serves as template for the twin panel. 4: panels wired together. 5: wired panels spread for creating the boat's bottom (to be continued).

Address

2205 Gravelly Beach Loop N. W.
Olympia, WA
98502

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+13608660164

Website

https://www.devlinboat.com/

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