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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 - Cruising
ALBATROS 26’
ALBATROS 26’ is the smallest sister of the ALBATROS family, our modern classic yachts. Far its size it cannot be defined a “blue water yacht” but it is a seaworthy boat.
Oar / Paddle
EGRET
Here is a fine little working type punt that feels at home in the marshlands, as well as the open bay waters.She is 14′-9″ long and was designed around a working load, with a draft of about 3″.
Sailboats - Daysailers
23' Double Ended Sloop
Speed, good looks, and comfortable seating were the designer's main criteria for this double-ended centerboard daysailer.
Construction: Cold-molded over strip-planked inner skin.
Alternative construction: Strip, carvel planked (transom stern).
Lofting is required.
Oar / Paddle
Long Lake
Light and fast, a 20' tortured plywood, decked dayboat: both a double kayak and a single scull in one hull. Her 'midship' section is similar to Aleut kayaks.
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan PETREL
Cutter designed by John Hyslop in 1876. An early combination of English and American ideas, PETREL was designed according to the wave form theory.You’ll receive 2 pages of plans historical information about the boat and step-by-step instructions for half-hull building,using the lift method.The pl
Oar / Paddle
Norwegian Sailing Pram
Simon found an older version of this boat back in the eighties and realized that its thousand-year-old design could be copied and preserved without too much difficulty. He measured it out in ’89 and Bill Nielsen lofted it and drew up the plans in ’91.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Paper Jet 14
Paper Jet 14 plywood stitch and glue sailing skiff
PALOMA OPEN
PALOMA is a simple, traditional and versatile boat which has been designed in three versions, as a small cruiser, as an open daysailer and as a motorboat.
Pagination
From the Community
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Classified
Gaff rigged wooden sailboat with trailer
Morgaine is a 17 ½’ overall centerboard sloop constructed by a professional cabinetmaker.
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17' Gardner Nahant/Swampscott Rowing Dory
Built by owner in 2023 to lines and offsets in The Dory Book by John Gardner.