Bryan,
See what your local library has. NOT just on THEIR shelves, but for the
entire 'system'. {I think most library catalogs are computerized these days.
When you view the screen, select 'System Availability' }

Read a LOT of books. It's surprising what YOU can accumulate to develop YOUR
'style'. I really don't think *any* SNG boat is *entirely* SNG; to make it
come out 'fair' sometimes you need a combination of techniques.

Things range from the 'quick & dirty' style of George Buehler {'Buehler's
Backyard Boatbuilding'} to the 'classical' elegance of John Gardner
{'Building Classic Small Craft'}. An EXCELLENT 'primer' is 'Building the New
Instant Boats' by 'Dynamite' Payson. An 'easy read' with plans for ACTUAL
boats, plus a chapter on making a model - first - then building the
full-sized boat.

A VERY good technique, by the way. What I typically do is go to my local
'Kinko's ' and make TWO full-sized copies of my ORIGINAL plans. One 'set' is
glued to posterboard or 1/8 in hardboard. It is then cut out & assembled
into a 'quick & dirty' model. This gives me an idea of how everything will
'go together', and where I might need a different assembly technique, more
clamps, an extra cleat, etc. A 'modern-day' refinement of the 'traditional'
technique of making a hand-carved model of the hull form, then taking the
'lines off' to loft a full sized plan. The other goes into the shop with me
{I NEVER take the 'master' plan, 'into harm's way'}.

Regards & Good Luck,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop

"Bryan Hilterbrand" wrote in
message ...
I'm interested in making a stitch and glue sailboat (maybe the Bateau.com
Caravelle,
or something similar). Does anyone have recommendations on books to learn
how
to do stitch and glue boatbuilding? I saw "Devlin's Boatbuilding", and I
thought that
looked good; has anyone seen Sam Devlin's "Wooden Boatbuilding" video?

I'm also interested in books on how to do the rigging and make sails, but
the boat-
building book is more important at this point -- it'll probably be a while
before I
need to rig my boat. :-)

Thank you!
Bryan