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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.
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Motorboats - Outboard
Lumber Yard Skiffs
LYS stands for Lumber Yard Skiff. These rugged flat bottom work skiffs were originally designed to be built using materials readily found in most lumber yards- underlayment plywood and spruce framing.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Wittholz 14' 11'' Catboat
V-bottomed seaworthy pocket daysailer/cruiser designed for plywood construction...
Oar / Paddle
Ashes Solo Day
The Solo Day is simple. She’s light, easily carried, and not for the fussy. Best results will be obtained if the builder can curtail the urge to use fancy marquetry, or exotic woods.
Motorboats - Outboard
Flats River Skiff 12
The Flats River Skiff is a light, compact and stable solo skiff to access shallow water. The boat combines the features of a paddle board (SUP), kayak, and jon boat to deliver a multi-purpose boat that can be handled by one person.
Motorboats - Outboard
MIA
MIA is a 12 foot runabout, Her design is inspired by William Jackson's 1955 design for the 'Ace' which was produced by the Sande Boat Works between 1956 and 1962 (www.sandeace.com).This design differs from those of the period in that it is to be constructed i
Sailboats - Racing
ACYD MINI
October 8th, 1977, twenty-four “21 feet sailing boats” single handed left Penzance (United Kingdom) for Antigua with a stopover in Tenerife.The smallest offshore racing boats were born and so was favourite race: the Mini Transat.
Sailboats - Cruising
Daysailer 30'
If we have to base ourselves on market demand before 2008, the two daysailers that we propose are very small. At that time, generally characterized by a continuous increase in boat size, it seemed as though a daysailer could not be less than 12 m, (even better if it exceeded 15 m).
Oar / Paddle
DRIADE
DRIADE is a light and fast rowing boat, ideal for those who wish to train for rowing with a simpler, easier to handle and cheaper boat than the typical rowing skiff.
Sailboats - Racing
Mayda 24
Strip Planking red cedar building, boat with skill : light, carrellable, fashion lines.
Pagination
From the Community
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20' Surf Dory with Electric Motor and Trailer
Fantastic, well cared-for boat built by Lowell’s Boat Shop in 2020—perfect for coastal adventures
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2013 8' Chesapeake Light Craft Cocktail Class Racer
Wood hull built with meticulous and painstaking detail from a kit using a "stich-and-glue" method
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Sailing skiff
12' wooden sailing/rowing skiff. Owner built in 1985 from King and Davis design.