
Summering In Alaska At 6 Knots
Soundings Deputy Editor Pim Van Hemmen joined boatbuilder Sam Devlin on a summer cruise in Alaska aboard Puffin, Devlin’s 1966…

Soundings Deputy Editor Pim Van Hemmen joined boatbuilder Sam Devlin on a summer cruise in Alaska aboard Puffin, Devlin’s 1966…


There are few folks like Sam Devlin—artist, perfectionist, and dreamer caught in the profession of boatbuilding.

This Kingfisher 28 design shows that, with a whole expanse of waterway visible on a nice day, a flybridge cannot…

How designer and builder Sam Devlin turned a stalled build into a salty tugboat.

An ode to the 1934 pacific northwest salmon troller, Josephine.
