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Welcome to Devlin Designing Boat Builders!
There's a sense of pride and joy that comes from owning and operating a
wooden boat. It's knowing that each piece was lovingly hand-assembled by
a skilled craftsman. This is a feeling you don't get from a boat that
was poured out of a mould at some factory. Every line in the design has
a purpose and a form to accomplish only one simple goal -- to take you,
the owner, to a new level of joy.
- We can build it for you.
-- We've been building fine wood/epoxy boats for over 30 years. We
have the equipment and the skilled craftsmen to carefully craft and
hand assemble a boat customized to your requirements using an
existing design of ours or one created from scratch.
Is a Sam
Devlin designed boat right for you? And
click here
to learn more about our design process.
- You can build it yourself. -- Most of our boat
plans are designed for the do-it-yourselfer. There are many
advantages to building a Devlin boat yourself.
Click here to see a variety of Builder & Owner Testimonials.
- Why wood and epoxy? -- We've been using wood in
the marine environment for decades and we can unequivocally say that
wood is the best choice.
Click here to learn more about stitch
and glue construction.
To better understand the “Stitch and Glue” boat
building method, we have produced a Video/DVD “Wooden Boatbuilding with
Sam Devlin” and published a book “Devlin’s Boatbuilding” on the subject. These
were created to help those with the desire to build their own boat.
Click on the book or video for more information.
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What's New
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July 7, 2009 -- We have "Sparque", a Devlin Gollywobbler 38 for sale! On our
Pre-Owned Devlin Boats page, you'll find a write-up on this exceptional boat, a link to the owners' Alaska trip journal, and lots of high quality photos.
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February 4, 2009 -- We have six pre-owned Devlin boats
for sale! On our
Pre-Owned Devlin Boats page, you'll find 2 Surf Scoters, 2
Black Crowns, Sam's personal Godzilli tug and a unique 25' motor
sailor with a cat yawl rig. Sam has provided a write-up on each
boat and we've posted lots of excellent photos. Enjoy!
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Gift certificates are now available! We now
have $50, $100 & $250 certificates in our
Store. Upon purchase, you'll immediately receive an email from us containing a Gift
Certificate Code that your favorite wooden boat builder can
apply to any future purchase.
Click here to learn more.
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Free shipping on all orders over $100 to any
location within the US is now available!
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Cruising to the Wooden Boat Festival -- Two of
our Surf Scoter 22 owners have submitted a detailed report of
their 6 day adventure from Olympia to Port Townsend and back,
complete with photos. You'll also see photos of a brand new 22'
Devlin design that accompanied them. Read about it on our
Photo Album page.
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32nd Annual Wooden Boat Festival -- September 5
-7, 2008, Port Townsend, WA. Join Sam and friends on at least 6
Devlin boats. The Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival is the most
talked about wooden boat festival in the world, "the woodstock
of wooden boats". A beautiful location, 200 boats and hundreds
of experts make this a one of a kind event in a one of a kind
town. Learn more on the
Wooden Boat
Foundation & Northwest Maritime Center website.
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July 22, 2008 -- The new Devlin Store is open for
business! Click on "The Devlin Store" in the navigation
bar above and take a look. We are now, once again, able to
accept credit card payments and provide online ordering. Your
feedback is most welcome. Just click on "E-mail Sam" at the
bottom of any page and let us know what you think. And thanks to
all of you who have provided encouragement and excellent
suggestions as we've redesigned the entire website these past
few months. Stay tuned for more improvements to come!
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July 5, 2008 -- We have 3 exceptional pre-owned
Devlin boats for sale. Click
here to learn more.
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May 30, 2008 -- I am leaving for a boat
delivery of the “Ellie K”, one of my
Kokanee 38 boats, up to Alaska on the 1st of June and should
be back in the office on June 23. The shop and office are still
open for normal business but my e-mails might not get answered
for the duration of the trip since e-mail service is kind of
lacking up North! Lee has pledged to man the phone from 8 to 10
AM Pacific Standard Time, Monday - Friday, to take your orders. -- Regards, Sam
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Trawler Fest -- May 22 - 25, 2008, Anacortes,
WA. Sam and our
latest Sockeye 45,
the "Widgeon",
will be in attendance at the Cap Sante Boat Haven in the Port of
Anacortes.
Click here to learn more on the Trawler Fest website.
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May 16, 2008
-- More Oysta 52 drawings have been added to our Drafting Table
page. Click here to see the
pilothouse and lower level.
- April 7, 2008
-- After many years of fine
service, our webmaster, Joel Mill, is stepping down from the
daily duties of running devlinboat.com to a simpler life of just
working in the shop and having some spare time to spend with his
family.
In the next couple of months you will see many changes and we
hope you will continue to enjoy devlinboat.com with its new look
and feel. We are going to rebuild our web-store and the shopping
basket will be enhanced. --
Sam Devlin
- Olympia Wooden Boat Show -- May 10 & 11,
Percival Landing, Olympia, WA. As usual, we'll have a
variety of Devlin boats on display along the boardwalk below the Budd Bay
Cafe. Please come see us!
Click here to learn
more on the Olympia Wooden Boat Association website.
- New designs in the works: A new 52' Oysta design
and a new "lobster boat" pilot house cruiser design are on
The Drafting Table. Come take a
look at the drawings and read about them.
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