My boats are designed to be built by traditional or "semi-traditional" methods. By semi-traditional I mean they may employ modern materials such as marine plywood but they are assembled using transverse frames and/or longitudinal structural members; a system that has proven over many years to result in boats of superior strength and durability.
    I do not use the "stitch-and-glue" method of boatbuilding because of several factors that are inherent in this type of construction: Stitch-and-glue requires the use of large quantities of epoxy which is very messy, toxic and expensive and in some applications saves little, if any, time or weight. When no building jig is used it is extremely hard to keep the various hull parts in perfect alignment and the result is often a boat with humps and twists where there should be only fair, sea-kindly lines.
    The main reason I disapprove of some of the "high-tech" construction methods is that I do not like the kind of joinery they encourage. After all, building a wooden boat is one of the few endeavors left these days that challenge both hand and mind. A little time and work is required to learn the simple joinery techniques of traditional wooden boatbuilding, but the satisfaction to be gained is enormous and both the trade and the product are deserving of the effort.