I built my first stitch-and-blue driftboat in appox 1983,
after reading a Dynamite Payson article in Wooden boat
magazine. I've built quite a few since.

I used to slobber epoxy putty all along the joining edges
and then pull my wires tight, and then use a soldering
gun to heat the wires (24 hours later) so I could pull
the wires out prior to making fillets.

Stitch and glue usually means your're trying to glue
flat plywood panels together, prior to fiberglassing
everything together in a more permanent step.

I guess it all depends on your building method.
If you build any vaguely dory-shaped boat
around temporary trapezoid-shaped ribs,
then you don't need to stitch at all. Just slobber
the side-panel/bottom-panel chine edge with epoxy
putty and then put the bottom panel on, and weight it down
with car batteries, boxes of clamps, 5 gallon cans
of drywall mud, what ever you have. I don't stitch
nuthin no mo meself. The final fiberglassing steps
are what makes it strong.

If you are determined to stich, use nylon strap ties
and bigger holes.
They're generally easier to pull out.
And it all ends up buried under a bunch of
fiberglass anyway.