Lean Life, Good Life

A call from an old friend and former customer stimulated this latest journey into my cluttered mind as a boat designer and builder.

Scott has owned several Devlin designs over the years, but has also strayed several times into the morass of fat, bulky, production-white, bathtub-style offerings that are so common on our waters these days. I wanted him back as a customer and knew that time was on my side. His circumstances and desires had matured over the years, and yes, he was back in the hunt for the perfect boat. He had decided that long and lean was the current best-case scenario for his cruising. I worked up this Blue Fin 42 for