birdnest,
i am planning on building a flat bottom dory/skiff.
i've looked at the san jaun dory, looks cool but not quite what i had in mind. the one i've found that i like the best is designed by Tracy obrien from chehalis washington.
as for teh method, it would be stich and glue. what got me started was watching a guy i work with building kayaks, he used a combination of stitch and glue and strip building. his boat turned out beautiful, but alas i'm not much into kayaking, but decided instead to build a boat that i can fish out of.

so what design and method are you looking into?