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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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749 Results
Sailboats - Cruising
22' 2" Cruising Sloop, Gray Seal
Designer
Iain Oughtred
Based loosely on the Folkboat, this plywood lapstrake double-ender combines comforting rough-water ability, and good looks.
Construction: Lapstrake plywood over laminated frames.
Alternative construction: Traditional plank on frame, strip or cold-molded.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Catboat Tom Cat
Designer
William Garden
Tom Cat is a shoal draft catboat of plank-on-frame construction, but strip construction would do as well.
Lofting is required.
Sail area is 120 sq. ft.
Plan includes 9 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
Sail Kit for kayaks
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
The Sail kit allows you to transform the canoes NINFA, NAIADE and ONDINA, in small sailing trimarans for coastal cruising with minimal efforts.
Oar / Paddle
Northern Hawk
Designer
Mark Rogers
Feel the difference a proportionally correct sized kayak can make in your paddling enjoyment.
Sailboats - Cruising
Wynfall
Designer
Mark Smaalders
Wynfall is a small but capable cruising boat -- although only 26' long, she has a waterline of almost 24', and displaces 9500 lbs.
Sailboats - Cruising
37' 3" Yawl, Controversy 36
Designer
Mt. Desrt Yacht Yard
Designed for strip-planking, the Controversy 36 features light displacement and good headroom, with light and open space throughout.
Construction: Strip-planked over bulkheads and frames
Lofting is required.
Plans include 16 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
Newt
Designer
Warren Jordan
A quickly, easily and inexpensively built solo canoe, that can be built by one person with hand tools in three days. Complete plans and step-by-step instructions. A great family boatbuilding project.
Oar / Paddle
Noank Pulling Boat
Designer
Nick Schade
The Noank Pulling Boat is an 18′ x 36″ [5.5m x 91cm] sliding seat rowing boat suitable for open water travel.
Sailboats - Cruising
12' 10" Pooduck Skiff
Designer
Joel White
This dinghy could be considered a big little boat.
She has a lot of excellent qualities: excellent rowing and sailing ability, easy construction, and mannerly towing habits.
Construction: Glued-lapstrake plywood.
Alternative Construction: Traditional lapstrake.
From the Community
Classified
Classified
48' William Hand Ketch-Rigged Motorsailer (1989) built by Covey Island Boatworks for present owner
CHANTEY II - Douglas Fir Strip Planking, West System Epoxy construction. 51' overall.
Classified
Classic Racing Sloop
“SEVERN II” International 8 metre class, Sira cup division. LOA 14.86, Beam 2.56, Draft 1.95.
Classified
54' Authentic Chinese Junk Boat
The Ruby Seadragon (formerly Mei Wen Ti) is an authentic, one-of-a-kind, wooden Chinese junk boat
