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Motorboats - Inboard
Passagemaker Lite 39
Designer
Tad Roberts
A flush decked single engine ocean cruiser for round bottom sheathed strip or multi-chine aluminum construction.
Oar / Paddle
Night Heron
Designer
Nick Schade
An Inuit inspired strip planked sea kayak. Fast, efficient and responsive. A graceful design that paddles beautifully
Motorboats - Outboard
14' 10" Runabout, RASCAL
Designer
Ken Bassett
A modified V-bottom, with constant deadrise in its after sections. Construction: Plywood and Mahogany over sawn frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded, double laminated plywood. No lofting is required. Plans include 8 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
18' Swampscott, JOHN DORY
Designer
Iain Oughtred
A refinement of the traditional Swampscott working dory for recreational use.
Plans include nine different rigs.
Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood over sawn frames.
Alternative construction: Traditional dory construction.
No lofting required.
Sailboats - Cruising
ROBERTS 25
Designer
Bruce Roberts-Goodson
Roberts 25 trailerable cruising sailboat you can build in wood epoxy using the plans and full size frame patterns.
Sailboats - Racing
HADRON singlehander racing dinghy
Designer
Keith Callaghan
HADRON is a new dinghy design for 2011.
Motorboats - Outboard
Tolman Skiff Jumbo
Designer
Renn Tolman
Tolman Skiffs are thoroughly modern, ocean capable, vee bottom stitch and glue plywood boats with a dory ancestry. These skiffs are designed for Alaskan waters and are ideal for sport fishing, beach camping, cruising and general work or recreation.
Sailboats - Cruising
MANDOLINO DAY SAILER
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
MANDOLINO is an elegant, classical seaworthy small boat that we propose in two versions, one for day-sailing and one for cruising.
20' Spalding Utility Launch
Designer
Eliot Spalding
Rugged little launch with generous beam.
Construction features a traditional backbone of bolted-up oak, steam-bent frames and strip-planking. Four different arrangements are shown.
Construction: Strip-planked over steam-bent frames.
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Boats Plans and Kits
Boats Plans and Kits
NEMAH SHARPY SKIFF
NEMAH features a stable, flat bottomed, sharpie type hull that can handle up to 3 passenger
Classified
Classified
Rowboat and Trailer
10’ rowboat with aluminum trailer. Full cover and oars.
Asking $2,000
Classified
GROOTE BEER, classic flat bottomed Dutch Botteryacht
GROOTE BEER, has been in the US in the past for many years.
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