Plans & Kits

Lightweight strip-planked solo double-paddle canoe

The flat-bottomed skiff can be both the most and least refined craft afloat.Popular by their ease of construction.Construction: Plywood planking over bulkhead frames.Alternative construction: Cross-planked bottom, planked sides (details included).Lofting is required.Plans include 5 sheets, and in

The Matunuck is a surf kayak designed by Nick Schade to be comparable with the best carbon-fiber surfyaks on the market.

A charming, shoal-draft, carvel-planked cruiser for two.Wenda possesses a timeless elegance.She’ll work her magic in the 21st century as she did in the 19th.Construction: Carvel planking over steamed frames.Alternative construction: Cold-molded or lapstrake plywood.Lofting is required.Plans inclu

My first boat building Project (not counting a couple of door-skin surfboards) was a Bolger Yellow Leaf pirogue, built from drawings in Bolger’s “Small Boats”.

Carvel-planked, outside ballasted cruiser with choice of three or four berths.

Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames

Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip

Sail Area : Sloop - 528 sq. ft., Yawl - 579 sq. ft.

Lofting is required.

Short handed offshore racer

Cutter designed by John Hyslop in 1876. An early combination of English and American ideas, PETREL was designed according to the wave form theory.You’ll receive 2 pages of plans historical information about the boat and step-by-step instructions for half-hull building,using the lift method.The pl

This is a boat simple to build, economical to use and that has a minimum of habitability and a lot of deck space for outdoor living.The construction method is the “stitch and paste” because of its small size.The hull is in CPM 10 mm thk.

Modern and efficient, the Freedom 17 is a fast responsive tripping canoe that's also easy to build.