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Sailboats - Racing

Didi Mini

Designer

Dudley Dix

Didi Mini radius chine plywood Mini 650 racer

Oar / Paddle

Growler

Designer

Warren Jordan

Growler is our new, highly versatile transom-stern cruising canoe, and “big sister” to our popular and highly acclaimed 12 ft. solo canoe, Newt.

32' Lobstercruiser

Designer

Alan McInnis

Round-bottomed, carvel-planked powerboat with two berths and a single 300-hp engine.

Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames.

Alternative construction: Strip or cold-molded

Lofting is required.

Plans include 5 sheets.

Sailboats - Cruising

12' Catspaw Dinghy

Designer

Joel White and N.G. Herreshoff

An open boat that rows with ease and swiftness and is stiff enough under sail to stand up to a breeze.

Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames

Alternative construction: Lapstrake or strip

No lofting is required

Plans include 6 sheets

Oar / Paddle

microBootlegger Sport

Designer

Nick Schade

I originally designed this kayak for a customer with a lake house in Wisconsin. He is a fit, athletic guy with almost no experience in a kayak. He wanted something he felt comfortable in, yet which would move along nicely.

Sailboats - Cruising

18' Swampscott, JOHN DORY

Designer

Iain Oughtred

A refinement of the traditional Swampscott working dory for recreational use.

Plans include nine different rigs.

Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood over sawn frames.

Alternative construction: Traditional dory construction.

No lofting required.

Oar / Paddle

Kiska

Designer

Orca Canoes & Kayaks Ltd.

Kiska is a wood strip/epoxy single kayak. Based on Greenland kayak lines, this low volume kayak is playful but tracks well

Paraw Sailing Outrigger

Designer

Lorenzo B. Acompañado II

A Visayan sailing outrigger of Sulu sea, Philippines. An ancient but complex watercraft that is ubiquitous to this island nation. Sailing the exotic patriarch of multihull tribe is a different adventure that you would like to do.