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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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747 Results
Oar / Paddle
RoofRack
Designer
John Welsford
A small and very simple tender to fit inside a station wagon or on a roofrack, this little plywood dink will suit some one wanting a tender for their small yacht or motorboat.
Sailboats - Cruising
Goat Island Skiff
Designer
Michael Storer kits by Clint Chase | Chase Small Craft
Fast / Lightweight / Easy-to-BuildSpecifications:
- LOA 15′ 6″
- LWL 14′ 9″
- Beam 5′
- Draft (board up/down) 4″/36″
- Depth amidships 20″
- Sail Area 105 (lug) 14 sf (sprit)
Motorboats - Outboard
CCSF25.5 center console, deep v
Designer
Ignacio Lopez
Concept: The CCSF25 is a high performance offshore fishing and family boat, she has a classic running surface of 24 degree deadrise and 8.5' max beam. Wide chine flats for knocking down spray, integrated lifting strakes for high speed handling and directional control.
HEADWATER 14
Designer
Tracy O'Brien
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.
Sailboats - Racing
START 30
Designer
ACDesign
The plan has been designed according to the regulations of the class “10 feet”. So was born a simple, light and very fast plan.Start 30 has a double life.
Carolina Sportfish 23
Designer
Jacques Mertens
The CS23 is an offshore boat based on the Carolina Sport Fishing boats lines.
Oar / Paddle
Pinocchio
Designer
Alex Bogdanov
“Pinocchio” was commissioned by my 7 year old son who wanted to learn paddling. He saw these kids paddling in small plastic kayaks which looked more like “bricks” or “barges” rather than boats.
From the Community
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1928 Classic Vic Franck Sea Queen Yacht
1928 Vic Frank Sea Queen — 30ft Classic Pacific Northwest Wooden Cruiser
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17' Cape Split Peapod and Trailex trailer
KESA is a modern 17' LOA Cape Split peapod based on the Cape Split peapod design at Mystic Seapor
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