Plans & Kits

The Cradle Pram Papoose, for the newborn sailor

Easy to Build Flat Bottom Skiff 18 ft Instructions also Include Our 14 Ft Smaller Version

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.

This is a centerboard cruising boat for couples and small families. Lightweight and strong, it can be easily hauled with a trailer. Construction: Plywood topsides over bulkheads and stringers; strip planked bottom Lofting is required. Plans include 6 sheets.

The Osprey 18 is a simple, lightweight flats skiff.

Round-bottomed, outside-ballasted cruiser with accommodations for two.Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames.Alternative construction: Strip.Lofting is required.Plans include 4 sheets.Please note: plans call for an engine long ago discontinued.You'll want to find a suitable alternative.

Scherzando is a 12'10'' open canoe. The construction technique is a wooden basquet whith a canvas skin coated with epoxy or polyester. The plans include 7 station moulds, bow and stem at full escale.

Stable, easily handled family daysailer with a lead ballast keel. Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip. Lofting is required. Plans include 9 sheets.

Athey is a 15' open water recreational rower for one or two based on a lines sketch by N. G. Herreshoff. Built from 4, 6 and 9mm glued lapstrake plywood, she weighs just 65 pounds and is cartopped.

THALAS 13' draws inspiration from the Whitehall, the most classical American row boat of the XIX century but, thanks to the modern construction techniques, is much lighter and has different hull lines