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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.
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Sailboats - Racing
Mayda 24
Strip Planking red cedar building, boat with skill : light, carrellable, fashion lines.
Sailboats - Cruising
7.2 Meter PAKETI
This 24' Australian design provides three arrangements to choose from-a small cuddy, or two cabin styles.
Construction is plywood with a single hard-chine.
Construction: Plywood planking over sawn frames.
Alternative construction: Strip.
Lofting is required.
Oar / Paddle
17' 0" Solo Tripper
For those beautiful days out for lunch on the river or an evening on the lake by yourself, this is the boat.
Oar / Paddle
The Open Boat
This is a design for a basic hull made from one piece of closed cell foam 1m x 4m x 50mm thick.
Oar / Paddle
Arctic Hawk
Test the Arctic Hawk on the worst conditions and you will find it at its best.The Arctic Hawk is a medium volume, touring kayak which recreates the legendary West Greenland kayak in today's material and technology. The West Greenland design was bred in adversity and perfected in storm and ice.
Oar / Paddle
17' 0" Freedom
Modern and efficient, the Freedom 17 is a fast responsive tripping canoe that's also easy to build.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Strike 18 sailing trimaran
The 18ft STRIKE is a sailing trimaran design that uses a 16ft beach cat as the outriggers/amas and rig. The main hull is plywood and has a dory shape that is extremely easy to build.
Sailboats - Cruising
28' Sharpie EGRET
Safe, seaworthy, shoal-draft double-ender, with a flat bottom and centerboard. Lofting is required. Plans include 4 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
15' 9" Huron Cruiser
The lines for this canoe were taken from an original ‘Huron’ built in cedar/canvas by the Peterborough Canoe Company. It was a second grade model in a series of Cruiser canoes that measured from 16′ x 33″ to 18′ x 37″.
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Catspaw tender
Lapstrake, Atlantic white cedar, oak ribs, mahogany thwarts transom, ceder floor boards, spruce m
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24' Skipjack needs completion
Mike died before he could complete the boat. Cold-molded, 90% complete.
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18' West Pointer
18' West Pointer, possibly made by Alton Wallace West Point, Maine. (see WoodenBoat No.