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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 - Cruising
12' Catspaw Dinghy
Designer
Joel White and N.G. Herreshoff
An open boat that rows with ease and swiftness and is stiff enough under sail to stand up to a breeze.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames
Alternative construction: Lapstrake or strip
No lofting is required
Plans include 6 sheets
Oar / Paddle
Ammassalik 180
Designer
Mark Rogers
Come experience the nuances of this East Greenland design.
The Ammassalik 180 is a true representations of the East Greenland design.
Sailboats - Racing
Optimist Club Racer
Designer
Clark Mills
Our version of the Optimist Pram, the "Club Racer"
Sailboats - Cruising
SV14
Designer
Simonis-Voogd Design
S/V 14 designed by Simonis Voogd Design has been specifically created for sailors with disabilities. The E-book consists of 100 pages plan + videos, it is offered for free BUT, it must be for the benefit of the disabled community.
Oar / Paddle
19' 9" Chaa Creek Expedition
Designer
Steve Killing
The Chaa Creek Expedition serves well for long distance tripping with heavy loads.
Motorboats - Outboard
Kalostyn
Designer
Andrew Walters
Kalostyn was designed as the subject matter of a book that I had planned to write called, How to design a boat using SketchUp 3D software.I created a design that had lots of curves in order to demonstrate how to put these curved forms into a 3D model, and then create and export the the f
Motorboats - Outboard
Sportfish 570
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
The design of Sportfish 570 comes from a collaboration with a Senegalese society, with the aim of creating fishing vessels for inland waters of modern conception.
Oar / Paddle
Growler
Designer
Warren Jordan
Growler is our new, highly versatile transom-stern cruising canoe, and “big sister” to our popular and highly acclaimed 12 ft. solo canoe, Newt.
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Handcrafted Cedar Strip Canoe- 18'
Master craftsman glued 1 “ strips over form, epoxied, varnished this strong but lightweight 50 lb
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