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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ROBERTS SPRAY 27 TRAILERABLE CRUISER You can build this boat in wood epoxy and other materials too.
Lapstrake-plywood daysailer with a shapely wineglass transom, unstayed sprit rig, and wide, flat, keels for easy trailering.
Construction: Lapstrake plywood planking over steam-bent frames.
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip.
No lofting is required.
The Chesapeake touring kayaks are icons in the sea kayaking world. Built in the thousands in dozens of countries around the world, the Chesapeakes are solid-tracking, comfortable kayaks.
The sharply raked stem and well shaped forward sections will provide increasing buoyancy as the Endeavour punches into large waves.
Hyak is a single kayak designed for multi-day excursions and recreational racing.
Derived from traditional Norwegian small craft, this handsome double-ender performs as well as a daysailer and beach cruiser.
Clean, frameless, glued-lapstrake plywood hull means, easy construction, happy trailering, and low maintenance.
Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood.
This schooner is intended as a comfortable cruising yacht for a couple with occasional guests, and to be of simple construction so that Jack everyman can build it. It has a twin keel / centreline rudder configuration.
Michael P. Smith, Commander, United States Navy (retired) designed and built boats all of his life, from boats on the Clinton River in Michigan to prams and skiffs on Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
An oceangoing auxiliary cruiser featuring stout but simple carvel construction.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames
Lofting is required
Plans include 5 sheets.
A classic boat built by the East End Classic Boat Society in Amagansett, NY in 2014.
My dad, Gary Lorenz, made this handmade wood boat with a fiber-glassed hull himself, completing i
