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Oar / Paddle

Scamp

Designer

Warren Jordan

Easily to build, versatile, sailing pram

Sailboats - Daysailers

25' Dark Harbor 17 1/2

Designer

B.B. Crowninshield

25′ LOA carvel-planked daysailer with small cabin. Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip. Lofting is required. Plans include 4 sheets.

Sailboats - Daysailers

Alden 21' Indian Class

Designer

John Alden

A Swampscott dory-type daysailer with generous side decks and inside ballast.

Construction Method: Lapstrake over sawn frames

Lofting is required: Partial

Plans include 4 sheets.

4.5m Bass Boat

Designer

Shayne Young

This is a fast easy, light weight, modern bass boat. It is small by today's comercial standards but has all the modern features.

Big flat casting decks
Intergrated live bait tank
Internal rod storage
Removeble fuel tank
High freeboard

WITTHOLZ Angler

Designer

Charles Wittholz

A big, healthy, open skiff with sophisticated lines. Construction: Strip planking over sawn frames; double diagonal bottom. Alternative construction: Plywood lapstrake topsides. Lofting is required. Plans include 6 sheets

Oar / Paddle

Chesapeake 17

Designer

Chesapeake Light Craft

The Chesapeake 17 is one of our most popular kits. Its handling qualities and speed combined with a large cockpit and voluminous stowage make it one of the most capable touring boats around.

VOYAGER PUNT

Designer

Tracy O'Brien

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”.

Oar / Paddle

Shearwater 16 Hybrid

Designer

Eric Schade

The Shearwater Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck.

Titicat

Designer

Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa

TITICAT is a 9-meter sailing catamaran designed with a modern style for the transport of tourists and to build in strip planking. It was designed to sail on Lake Titicaca (Bolivia).