Sailboats - Daysailers
Passagemaker Dinghy Take-Apart
Here's a handy boat that can be rowed, sailed, and powered with up to three large adults, and it "nests" to take up less space.
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Here's a handy boat that can be rowed, sailed, and powered with up to three large adults, and it "nests" to take up less space.
An oceangoing V-bottomed auxiliary with accommodations for four to six people.
Construction: Carvel planked over sawn frames.
Alternative construction: Plywood (plans included).
Lofting is required.
Plans include 15 sheets.
This boat has a comfortable feel to it and a stability that makes kayaking in any weather comfortable.
Here is another little skiff inspired by a Chesapeake Bay working craft.
The PT skiff is a very fuel efficient center console runabout that is good looking, has good handling, can carry a load, and is incredibly quick with only 20 horsepower.
A quickly, easily and inexpensively built solo canoe, that can be built by one person with hand tools in three days. Complete plans and step-by-step instructions. A great family boatbuilding project.
The Wineglass Wherry possesses the wineglass transom and smooth double-ended waterline of a classic rowing boat. A versatile craft, that's easy to build, lightweight (90 lbs) and rugged.
Didi Cruise-Mini radius chine plywood cruising sailboat
The Goat has become known worldwide for being a simple to build and simple to sail that delivers.
17' 9" glued lap strake sapele plywood with ribbon Sipo mahogany bright work.
Mahogany planked on oiled oak frames. Spruce spars and stainless rigging.
SUNDANCE II "Colonia" sailing dinghy designed in 1901 by Nathanael G. Herreshoff.
Restored in ME by Jonathan Minott (seen in WB "Launchings" July/Aug 2009).