: While reading this interesting discussion on plywood thickness I got to
: thinking about just when did Stitch and Tape (S&T) become Stitch and Glue
: (S&G) ?

: Two of my early kayak projects were English made S&T kits that I built around
: 1974-75. They were called stitch and tape because the only fiberglass used
: was the seam tape that connected the panels. They were very easy to build,
: very light, and above all very easy to repair when scratched as there was
: very little fiberglass to deal with.

In the old days, Fiberglass was a lot harder to find. We used tape (S&T) to hold the joints together.
Then, wood becomes hard to find, we experiment to use thinner wood ply. We sheeve the whole boat to protect the thinner wood. This become the 'Stitch and cover with fiberglass cloth.' However, as American (no offence to nonAmericans), we like to contract our Endlish terminology. Since cover with fiberglass is well know amount builders, we simply call it S&G.