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Plans & Kits
If you’re in the market for a boat to build, this directory of Boat Plans & Kits is a fine place to start. And if your company sells plans or kits, we invite you to list your offerings here.
There is no charge for listing, but the FEATURED BOATS MUST BE BUILT OF WOOD.
To refine your search of this directory, use quotation marks. If you search Nutshell Pram Kit, you’ll receive all the listings that include the words Nutshell, Pram, and Kit. To refine your search, enter “Nutshell Pram Kit”; you’ll then see only the results for Nutshell Pram kits.
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749 Results
Sampan 36 Houseboat
Designer
Reuel B. Parker
The SAMPAN 36 HOUSEBOAT is a simple, pragmatic floating home suitable for a couple with a child. It is self-contained and intended for use in a marina or at anchor. It may employ an outboard motor, or simply be towed to a semi-permanent mooring.
Sailboats - Cruising
Pathfinder
Designer
John Welsford
Pathfinder is a big, classic, stable daysailer with space on board to set out two airbeds and sleeping bags on a flat floor, designed for home boatbuilders she is an exceptional performer under sail.
Oar / Paddle
Eastport Pram
Designer
John C. Harris
It rows, it tows and it sails; it's a convenient 7' 9" long and easy on the eyes; and it's a wonderful kit to build, taking a novice only 40-50 hours to assemble plus a little more for finishing.
Crystal 16
Designer
Timm Smith
The Crystal 16 was designed to be a simple, lightweight flats skiff. Her hull is a simple V-bottom with a bit of flare in her topsides. Her deck features a large casting platform forward with two smaller platforms back aft on both sides. Storage is available up forward below the casting deck.
Sailboats - Cruising
Kahuna Nui
Designer
Mark Smaalders
Kahuna Nui is intended for extended offshore cruising and living aboard. She is available as a sailing auxiliary or as a motorsailer with an enclosed pilothouse. She has a canoe hull for ease of construction, with a full keel for strength and security while cruising.
Motorboats - Outboard
Fisherman 17
Designer
Reuel B. Parker
17′ CENTER-CONSOLE FLATS FISHERMANL.O.A.: 16′ 10″L.W.L.: 15′ 1″BEAM: 6′ 5″RAFT: 9 3/4″ Static, LadenSUGGESTED POWER—25 to 75 HPTYPE: Tropical and sub-tropical flats fisherman/guide boat, especially suited for bone fish, tarpon and permit fishing in the very shallow sand flats of the Florida Keys
Sailboats - Racing
Simon Watts International 14
Designer
Simon Watts
The time of England’s racing dinghies was dominated by Uffa Fox’s boat the “Alarm”. Simon's take on the expert design is a tribute to an age of lightning-quick wooden racing boats.
Motorboats - Outboard
Switzer Bullet 136
Designer
Switzer-Craft - Classic Wooden Boat Plans
Our best seller the 13 1/2 foot Bullet by Switzer. Iconic lines, the Bullet was a marathon and record breaker in its time.
Sailboats - Daysailers
14' 10" Outboard SPRITE
Designer
Atkin & Co.
An outboard skiff with a wide bottom and moderate rocker that contribute to stability and the ability to carry weight back aft.
Construction: Cross-planked bottom, lapstrake sides
Alternative construction: Plywood or glued-lapstrake plywood
Lofting is required
From the Community
Classified
Classified
BEN GARVEY SKIFF 14'4" by Hylan & Brown
14' 4" Ben Garvey Skiff designed by Doug Hylan and built by master boatbuilder Matt Elwell at Hyl
Classified
Custom Mahogany Gentlemen's Racer
Custom 1998 Laminated Honduras Mahogany Gentlemen's Racer. 30'.
