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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.
To refine your search of this directory, use quotation marks. If you search Nutshell Pram Kit, you’ll receive all the listings that include the words Nutshell, Pram, and Kit. To refine your search, enter “Nutshell Pram Kit”; you’ll then see only the results for Nutshell Pram kits.
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Oar / Paddle
MicroCatboat
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
The design of the boat comes by request of a customer who already owns a Charles W. Wittholz’s catboat and wanted to have a beautiful tender for his yacht.
Oar / Paddle
Optimist Dinghy Template Plans
Designer
Clark Mills
If you are considering building a wood-epoxi Optimist dinghy, you will definitely need our Optimist Dinghy Template Plans.
Oar / Paddle
Oxford Shell
Designer
Chesapeake Light Craft
The Oxford Shell™ is a swift, smooth running "recreational" shell suitable for all skill levels. Whether you're just learning how to row a sliding seat shell, or you're a seasoned expert.
Oar / Paddle
The Tandem Ashes Day
Designer
Trevor Paetkau
A Light and Elegant Tandem for Day Paddlers and Light Overnighters. Easily driven, with moderate rocker and good initial stability.
The Ashes Tandem Day is quick to come up to speed, she’s maneuverable, and she’s beautiful.
Sailboats - Cruising
25' Sea Bird Yawl
Designer
Charles G. MacGregor
A simple and seaworthy V-bottomed centerboard cruiser with accommodations for two.
Construction: Plywood planking over sawn frames
Lofting is required
Plans include 10 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
Mill Creek 16
Designer
Chesapeake Light Craft
The Mill Creek 16.5™ is enormously popular because it can be used in so many ways. Not only can you paddle it as a single or a double, but you can sail it, or add a sliding-seat rowing unit.
Sailboats - Cruising
24' 9" Canoe Yawl WENDA
Designer
Albert Strange
A charming, shoal-draft, carvel-planked cruiser for two.Wenda possesses a timeless elegance.She’ll work her magic in the 21st century as she did in the 19th.Construction: Carvel planking over steamed frames.Alternative construction: Cold-molded or lapstrake plywood.Lofting is required.Plans inclu
Sailboats - Daysailers
16' Quattro Catamaran
Designer
Richard and Lilian Woods
High performance beach cat which is striking to look at and exciting to sail. Well-detailed plans of simple and rugged stitch-and-glue plywood hulls.
Construction: Stitch-and-glue plywood over bulkhead frames.
No lofting is required.
Plans include 2 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan AMERICA 1/2 Scale
Designer
George Steers
Schooner-yacht designed by George Steers and launched in 1851, the first winner of what has come to be known as the AMERICA’s Cup.
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Classified
KAYAK AND TRAILER
15’ Chesapeake Light Craft Sea Kayak, built of 4mm-okoume plywood hulls and decks, both sheathed
Classified
"VICTORIA" 1963 Cheoy Lee, Ronald Carter, Traditional Cat
19.5' Teak planked and deadwood. Copper riveted. Hull is tight, sound and pretty.
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