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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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Sailboats - Cruising
Spike Skiff 12' 3"
Please note: this design was formerly known as Pike.
Construction - Glue-lap-plywood flat bottom.
Alternative construction - Traditional plank.
No Lofting required.
Plans include 3 sheets with instructions.
Sail Area - Sprit 60 sq. ft.
Oar / Paddle
Echo Bay Dory Skiff
Fun / Lightweight / Simple & ClassicSpecifications:
- LOA 11′ 7″
- LWL 8′ 6″
- Beam 48 3/4″
- Draft (board up/down) 5″/27″
- Depth amidships 14 1/2″
- Sail Area 50 (lug) 45 sf (sprit)
Key Features:
Sailboats - Cruising
POLLY
POLLY, designed to compete in Diecipiedi (10 Foot) Class (www.diecipiedi.it) is rather large and stable. Quite comfortable for its size it may be used also for sailing excursions.
Oar / Paddle
Dispro 16
We included in our catalog this boat for a request of one of our customers who identified in this model the traditional American boat, whose designs were published in WoodenBoat magazine, with the strange name “Dispro”, which meant the “Disappearing propeller boat”.
Sailboats - Cruising
Sharpie 24 Hampton Flattie
24′ Chesapeake Bay Hampton FlattieL.O.A.: 24′ 2″L.W.L.: 22′ 8″Beam: 7′ 9″ Draft: 2′ ½″/3′ 9″Sail Area: 263 sq ftWeight: 2,500# (approx)Proportionately, this is the largest sharpie type known, and shows the maximum beam ratio successfully used in the sharpie type.
Sailboats - Racing
START 90
We chose the 9.1 mt LOA not to overcomplicate its construction, but to facilitate the availability of a place to build this boat, and at the same time to have internal volume that allows a comfortable cruise.
Sailboats - Cruising
ALBATROS 36’
ALBATROS 36’ is a true “blue water yacht”, classic in its aspect but modern in design and construction.
Sailboats - Cruising
PRESTO Footy
Flavio Faloci’s Presto Footy is a gaff-sloop with solid wood hull made of balsa for easy carving/shaping and light weight.
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan GLORIANA
Sloop designed by N.G. Herreshoff in 1891. A revolutionary yacht, she featured a convex bow rather than the then-current long, hollow entrance.
Pagination
From the Community
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Spirit 39' Sloop
39' sloop currently undergoing full cosmetic refit at Cutts and Case in Oxford, MD.
Classified
Pinaud 37 motor cruiser
Meraboire 1, one of the last known Pinaud motor yachts, is for sale.
Classified
2018 Wooden Seaskiff
Custom built at Madisonville Maritime Museum. 2019 19' magic tilt galvanized trailer.