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Thousands of builders have assembled Chesapeake Light Craft's stitch-and-glue boats from scratch. You might already have a stash of marine grade plywood and epoxy, or it might just be your preference to build the whole boat from the keel up.

Our standard boat plans are on 24" x 36" paper; parts that fit within those dimensions are shown full size. Other components are scaled and dimensioned. Shearwaters, Shearwater Hybrids, Wood Ducks, Sea Island Sport, Matunuck, and all of our strip-planked kayaks feature full-size plans sets that show all parts at their full size.

Stitch-and-glue construction, along with the development of epoxy and modern mahogany marine plywood, has revolutionized and revitalized wooden boat building.

Stitch-and-glue boat 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 build the boats.

See a step-by-step overview of how a stitch-and-glue kayak is built or watch a timelapse of one of our Chesapeake classes in the CLC shop.