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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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Oar / Paddle
15ft Daytrip Canoe
Small enough to load on top of a car, but large enough to seat two adults...
Sailboats - Cruising
Lion 870
Lion 870 comfortable yacht composite structures is a continuation of a series of yachts developed by the company Unik Yachts.
Oar / Paddle
Sea Island Sport
The Sea Island Sport is CLC’s response to hundreds of requests for an attractive stitch-and-glue sit-on-top kayak. Credit for the design goes to Nick Schade.
CLC Cradle Boat
A perfect gift for the family's newest little boatbuilder, the CLC Cradle Boat is an ideal first stitch-and-glue project.
Sailboats - Cruising
Alden 30' Keel -- Centerboard Sloop
A wholesome auxiliary cruiser with accommodations for three. Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip. Lofting is required. Plans include 4 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
Donna
This design has the same nice interior space layout as Badger, with the addition of quarter berths aft. For a family of four to live aboard, as has been done on one of the sisterships, this provides good separation of the sleeping spaces.
25' Bassboat
Safe, dry, fast, and seaworthy V-bottomed inboard powerboat designed for carvel planking.
Construction: Carvel planked over sawn frames.
Alternative construction: Strip
Lofting is required.
Propulsion: 6 cylinder 350 cubic inboard.
Plans include 6 sheets.
Motorboats - Outboard
Ben Garveys
BEN GARVEYS - Ben 15' 9", Big Ben 19'
Fine boatyard skiffs or small harbor ferries.
A pair of boats that will feel right at home on the working waterfront.
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From the Community
Classified
Classified
1964 C Lowndes Johnson Comet Day Sailer 16'
Original hull, Cedar on Douglas Fir, in good shape; bronze centerboard; new deck in 2021 - epoxy,
Register of Wooden Boats
Register of Wooden Boats
CADENZA
Cadenza was built in 2003 at Rockport Marine by shipwright John England from a design by L.