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Plans & Kits
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. To refine your search of this directory, use quotation marks. If you search Nutshell Pram Kit, you’ll receive all the listings that include the words Nutshell, Pram, and Kit. To refine your search, enter “Nutshell Pram Kit”; you’ll then see only the results for Nutshell Pram kits.
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Sailboats - Racing
i550 sport boat
The i550 is a very popular 18 foot stitch and glue design. Simple construction and avid builder blogs and websites add a sense of community and support for the builder.
Oar / Paddle
Sea Otter
Sea Otter was designed for an adult night school class I was teaching in boat building, in which nine boats were built at one time. Actually the principles of construction used in Sea Otter are the same as used in many of our larger designs.
Sailboats - Daysailers
DP 14'
Simplicity of construction, user friendliness (both for single or double) and high performance – all of this with reasonable costs. These are the main priorities which lie at the base of the DP 14’ design and which justify the main choices made, in particular:
Sailboats - Daysailers
Alden 21' Indian Class
A Swampscott dory-type daysailer with generous side decks and inside ballast.
Construction Method: Lapstrake over sawn frames
Lofting is required: Partial
Plans include 4 sheets.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Jimmy Skiff
Before the advent of the outboard motor, rowing/sailing skiffs were common on Chesapeake Bay. They were used for crabbing, fishing, transporting goods, and enjoying summer evenings with a friend.
Oar / Paddle
Selkie Kayak Kit
The Selkie takes two of our most popular boats (The Arctic Tern 14 and the Murrelet) and marries them into one elegant, light weight boat that petite women, or those looking for a tight fitting play boat, will love.
Motorboats - Outboard
Riva Scoiattolo
At 14 feet this is Riva’s only outboard powered design. Originally designed in the 1950s, only some 150 were ever produced.
Sailboats - Cruising
Clyde One Design
The Clyde one-design 20-tonners as they were known were very popular and described by the Yacht Racing on the Clyde review of 1899 as "able and comfortable at sea, fairly speedy on the race course...
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From the Community
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Pre 1905 Warren Cole Adirondack Guideboat LOA 16′, 42″ beam
Restored in ME by Jonathan Minott (seen in WB "Launchings" July/Aug 2009).
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Vintage Crosby Catboat - I Belong in a Museum
Partial restoration. Has rare Edson oscillating (worm) steering system.
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1996 Picnic Cruiser
1996 36 x 11 x 4 , picnic cruiser double ended. Cedar on oak bronze fastened.