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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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To refine your search, add quote marks. If you search Nutshell Pram Kit, you will get all the listings which include Nutshell, Pram, and Kit. To refine, search “Nutshell Pram Kit” and you’ll see just Nutshell Pram Kit results.
749 Results
Motorboats - Inboard
Passagemaker Lite 39
Designer
Tad Roberts
A flush decked single engine ocean cruiser for round bottom sheathed strip or multi-chine aluminum construction.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Goeller 12' Dinghy
Designer
Frederick Goeller
Round-bottomed, transom stern, centerboard, 2-4 daysailing.
Contruction: Carvel planked over steamed frames
Alternative contruction: Lapstrake, strip or cold-molded
Lofting is required
Plans include 3 sheets
Oar / Paddle
NEREIDE
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
NEREIDE is the classical canoe used on lakes or rivers of North America. For the last two centuries it has been built with very slight differences in shape, which is in itself a guarantee of quality.
Sailboats - Daysailers
KIS 4.7
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
We designed KIS dinghies in order to meet a very practical need of amateur boatbuilders.
Headwater Transport 9.9
Designer
Tracy O'Brien
Most Pram dinghies are essentially rowing or sailing boats, which limits their speed potential to a mere 3 or 4 knots.
Oar / Paddle
Chesapeake 17
Designer
Chesapeake Light Craft
The Chesapeake 17 is one of our most popular kits. Its handling qualities and speed combined with a large cockpit and voluminous stowage make it one of the most capable touring boats around.
Oar / Paddle
Baby Tender II
Designer
Warren Jordan
Cradle Boat Baby Tender II, for the newborn sailor.
From the Community
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54' Authentic Chinese Junk Boat
The Ruby Seadragon (formerly Mei Wen Ti) is an authentic, one-of-a-kind, wooden Chinese junk boat
Classified
Fenwick Williams 18' Catboat Alden No. 838 with Tender and Brand New Trailer
1958 Fenwick Williams 18' wooden catboat with tender and new 2023 galvanized trailer with stainle
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60' 1939 Custom Danish Hajkutter Gaff Ketch For Sale
S/V Labora was built in 1939 in Esbjerg, Denmark, as a traditional Danish Hajkutter—one of the fa
