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Sailboats - Daysailers

Pearl

Designer

Tom Dunderdale

Day sailer

Motorboats - Outboard

Compass Skiff

Designer

Clint Chase / Chase Small Craft

Easy To Build | Cartoppable | Build With The FamilySpecifications:

LOA 9′ 6″
LWL 8' Beam 49″
Draft 3″
Depth amidships 17 1/2″
Power 6 hp outboard

Oar / Paddle

Sandy Point Boat Works Whitehall 14

Designer

Sandy Point Boat Works

This 14′ pulling boat was inspired by the Typical Whitehall Designs uses as work boats of the harbors of New York a century ago. Altered to be more of a recreational boat, you will find that pulling the oars on this boat is a delight.

Oar / Paddle

Northwest Passage

Designer

Dave Kuperstein

NWP is a very low-drag touring kayak intended for paddlers weighing 150-200 pounds. Built from 4 mm plywood, in a garage, you can build two for the price of one kit! Heavier? try NWP XL.

Oar / Paddle

16' 0" The Stony Lake

Designer

Steve Killing

This double ended rowing skiff is a versatile craft to enjoy alone or with your favourite partner out for a little fishing or an evening of conversation.

Oar / Paddle

The Open Boat

Designer

Jim Flood

This is a design for a basic hull made from one piece of closed cell foam 1m x 4m x 50mm thick.

Sailboats - Cruising

Half Model Plan MINERVA

Designer

William Fife, Jr.

Cutter designed by William Fife Jr., in 1888.The plans produce a model that is 28″ in length.You’ll receive 3 pages of plans historical information about the boat, step-by-step instructions and full-sized patterns for each lift, as well as template for you to shape the profile.

Oar / Paddle

"Mouse Grande" - 7'6" (2.34m) two sheet rowboat

Designer

Alex Bogdanov

“Mouse Grande” is the last of the mouse family. As the name implies she is the biggest with most internal volume. Large cockpit with two small flotation chambers/storage compartments at both ends. Preference was given to stability. Anglers can stand up and cast.

Simon Watts sea urchin wooden dinghy plans

Oar / Paddle

Simon Watts Sea Urchin Dinghy

Designer

Sam Manning, Bill Nielsen, and Simon Watts

These handsome, practical row boats were routinely built by Nova Scotia shipwright, Jim Smith in six days, painted and ready for the water.

Oar / Paddle

microBootlegger Sport

Designer

Nick Schade

I originally designed this kayak for a customer with a lake house in Wisconsin. He is a fit, athletic guy with almost no experience in a kayak. He wanted something he felt comfortable in, yet which would move along nicely.