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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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HEADWATER 14
The Headwater Fourteen [H-14] was designed and the prototype built in the Summer of 1985 to test the viability of using frameless, stressed skin construction to build a serviceable Whitewater drift boat.
Oar / Paddle
Kymi River 16
4.80 m Plywood stitch & glue touring canoe. Only two plywood sheets are needed!
Sailboats - Cruising
32' 5" Sharpie Ketch, TWO LUCYS
Shallow-drafted V-bottomed cruiser with cross-planked bottom & berths for three. Construction: Carvel planked sides over sawn frames; cross planked bottom. Alternative: Strip-planked topsides. Lofting is required. Plans include 7 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
Trixie
“Trixie” began as an idea for a small and simple to build plywood tender, able to get out to a mooring with two or three on board, that was very light, incorporated wheels to enable transport to the slipway, was designed to provide the maximum space from two sheets of 1/4″ plywood, and could be p
Sailboats - Daysailers
Goat Island Skiff
Harbor Woodworks offers custom kits and boats, tailored to your specifications and desired level of completion. We ship to the U.S. and Canada.The Goat Island Skiff is a brilliant combination of simplicity and competence.
Smith Island Crab Skiff
The Chesapeake Bay is home to many wonderful work boats, one of the most unique is the tiny Smith Island Crab Skiff. Our team race boat the “Twisted Oyster”, built and raced by a consortium of three friends, has been very successful.
Oar / Paddle
Sapling
A stately 10′ rowing/sailing tender originally designed for my own first time build which is currently underway. I wanted an easy to construct boat, yet still retain the techniques and appearance of traditional lapstrake planking.
Motorboats - Outboard
Pretty Marsh
Good performance with modest horsepower, a soft and predictable ride. I/O or outboard, 80-200hp.
Oar / Paddle
Li'l Longship
We are proud to introduce Li’l Longship, the latest addition to our extensive cradle boat fleet. Designed in the spirit of the classic Viking Longship, her sweeping lines and imposing figureheads embody the spirit of adventure and exploration when Norse sailors ruled the waterways of Europe.
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Solar Electric Trailerable Catamaran
Length: 18 feet, Beam: 8.25 feet, draft: about 1 foot.
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John Marples design and built 21' folding trimaran
21’ long, 16’ beam (reduces to 8'5" for trailering), strip plank construction, 850lbs with all ge
Boat Launchings
Boat Launchings
PT 11
I built this PT 11 nesting dinghy from the CLC kit over this past winter, to replace a 9'6" Nutsh