Plans & Kits

Offshore cruising catamaran

Badger gained widespread fame as the subject of the book Voyaging On A Small Income. The concept of this design was to use the basic interior accommodation plan that worked so well on the 34′ Topsail Ketch Sunrise, which was evolved and improved on during the decade that I lived aboard her.

V-bottomed seaworthy pocket daysailer/cruiser designed for plywood construction...

PALOMA is an open sailing boat for family excursions. It’s a simple traditional and versatile boat which has been designed in three version as a small cruiser, as an open daysailer and as a motorboa

Shoal-draft ocean voyager

A modern iteration of Philippine double outrigger canoe. Adapting to present-day construction method, the wooden facetted hull still has the silhouette of the Austronesian “Bangka”.

Stable, comfortable, and well-mannered, the Pinguino is great for fishing, bird watching and photography. She is the perfect kayak for messing about in mild rivers, lakes, ponds, wetlands, and coast.

VOYAGER DS 655  WOOD / EPOXY PLANS & FULL SIZE FRAME PATTERNS

Woodenwidget Stasha super light weight nesting dinghy. Weighs just ten kilos, as much as a baby Albatross! Rows and sails very well. Can take an outboard.

Can be quickly assembled on deck, on land or even in the water.

VILA 570 is the smallest of a family of three small planing cruisers boats ranging from 19’ to 22’.