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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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749 Results
Motorboats - Outboard
SILVER 333
SILVER 333 is a very small classical runabout for one or two people which may easily be transported on top of a mid-size car roof.
Oar / Paddle
Chesapeake LT 16
The Chesapeake touring kayaks are icons in the sea kayaking world. Built in the thousands in dozens of countries around the world, the Chesapeakes are solid-tracking, comfortable kayaks.
Sailboats - Cruising
DP 14'
The main priorities which lie at the base of the DP 14' design are: simplicity of construction, user friendliness (for single or double crew) and good performance - all of this with reasonable costs.
Motorboats - Outboard
Rustica 570
Rustica 570 is a cabin motor boat ideal for coastal cruising and camping. It’s particularly suitable for river tourism in protected waters. The shallow V hull, semi-displacement, is designed for an outboard motor hosted inside the cockpit with a power range between 10 HP and 15 HP.
Simmons Sea-Skiff Boat Plans
Interested in building your own boat? Cape Fear Museum in Wilmington, NC sells Simmons Sea-Skiff boat plans in 18′, 20′ and 22′.Thomas Norwood Simmons was born in 1908 in Wilmington and lived most of his life on Myrtle Grove Sound. He was a carpenter by trade.
Oar / Paddle
Cradle boat "Joey"
Nice little cradle boat with rocking option. For more information please visit the website and look under portfolio/small boats
Sailboats - Racing
Technè
Techne is a pure double trapeze skiff, fast, exciting and for amateur boat building.
Motorboats - Outboard
Talon 11' by Anders Boats
Our Talon Series boats are designed to handle good seas with speed and comfort. We use a 30 degree dead rise found on production speed boats to make a soft ride.
Start Building ... Get Floating!!
Oar / Paddle
Pinocchio
“Pinocchio” was commissioned by my 7 year old son who wanted to learn paddling. He saw these kids paddling in small plastic kayaks which looked more like “bricks” or “barges” rather than boats.
Pagination
From the Community
Register of Wooden Boats
Register of Wooden Boats
CADENZA
Cadenza was built in 2003 by Rockport Marine from a design by L. Frances Herreshoff.