Martha's Tender
Designer:
Joel White
Skill Level to Build:
Basic
An easy-towing, easy-rowing tender featuring simple plywood construction and good capacity.
Construction: Plywood
No lofting is required
Plans include 3 sheets.
Tenders and Prams
Yankee Tender
Designer:
WoodenBoat
Skill Level to Build:
Basic
Capacious, seaworthy, flat-bottomed skiff weighing less than 150 lbs. Construction: Cross-planked bottom, lapstrake sides. No lofting is required. Plans include 5 sheets.
Thomson 11' Skiff
Designer:
Asa Thomson
Skill Level to Build:
Intermediate
Flat-bottomed rowing skiff elegant enough for a yacht tender.
Construction: Cross-planked bottom, lapstrake sides
No lofting is required
Plans include 1 sheet.
PT Eleven nesting dinghy
Designer:
Russell Brown
Skill Level to Build:
attentive amateur + (need basic woodworking skills as a minimum)
The PT 11 is a very versatile boat. It rows, sails, and motors and it does all those things exceptionally well. It also nests for carrying on the deck of your sailboat or in the back of a vehicle. Designed with serious cruising in mind, our aim...
PRAM 220
Designer:
Paolo Lodigiani
Skill Level to Build:
intermediate
Designed for a boat owner who wanted a rigid tender for his 24’ meter yacht, PRAM 220 has the minimum dimensions to be used at this scope. It may be used by children for sailing in protected waters.
Unicat 2.4
Designer:
James Brett
Skill Level to Build:
Amatuer
A practical and stable 8' (2.4m) pram dinghy suitable for up to 3 adults. Ideal for fishing or as a tender for larger boats.
Sprite
Designer:
Warren Jordan
Skill Level to Build:
An easy and inexpensive to build, 8 ft. sailing pram
Scamp
Designer:
Warren Jordan
Skill Level to Build:
Beginner
Easily to build, versatile, sailing pram
Dulcibella
Designer:
Warren Jordan
Skill Level to Build:
Beginner
A 10 ft. traditional lapstrake-planked Norwegian style pram. Strikingly elegant but very practical rowing tender.
Dace - RYD-8.4
Designer:
Paul "PAR" Riccelli
Skill Level to Build:
novice
Dace - RYD-8.4 is a fat little yacht tender. Originally designed for carrying quite a load to and from a buddy’s 40′ yacht.
Outboard Skiff, Sprite
Designer:
Atkin & Co.
Skill Level to Build:
Basic to Intermediate
14'10" Plan #400-132
Eastport Pram
Designer:
John C. Harris
Skill Level to Build:
Beginner/Intermediate
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.
Coot
Designer:
Nick Schade
Skill Level to Build:
easy
The Coot is a handy little yacht tender with a lot of capacity. The “pram” style design has transoms at boat ends, this provides a lot of capacity in a short length and has the added benefit for the first-time wooden boat...
Sherpa
Designer:
John Welsford
Skill Level to Build:
Basic woodworking
High capacity yacht tender with sailing ability. Exceptional stability, suited to beginner boatbuilders
RoofRack
Designer:
John Welsford
Skill Level to Build:
Beginner
A small and very simple tender to fit inside a station wagon or on a roofrack, this little plywood dink will suit some one wanting a tender for their small yacht or motorboat.