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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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Sailboats - Cruising
Y-DS 650
Designer
Carsten Weber
day- weekendsailer for coastal cruising in radial chine plywood construction
Oar / Paddle
Stickleback Canoe
Designer
Iain Oughtred
Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood. Alternative construction: Traditional planking, cold molded, strip plank, epoxy-fiberglass. No Lofting required. Plans include 5 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
13' Sailing Peapod
Designer
Doug Hylan
A most elegant lapstrake, plywood peapod for oar and sail.
Full-sized mold patterns are included.
Construction: Glued-lapstrake plywood.
Alternative construction: Traditional lapstrake.
No lofting is required.
Motorboats - Outboard
Digger 17
Designer
Paul (PAR) Riccelli
Digger 17 is a classic form of flats skiff, seen working along every shore. Designed for modest power, she can get into the shallowest water and carry a hefty load.
Sailboats - Cruising
Fafnir
Designer
John Welsford
Miniature voyaging and cruising yacht for amateur boatbuilders, can carry two, capable of short blue water voyages.
Sailboats - Daysailers
20' 3" Flatfish Class Sloop
Designer
Joel White
A handsome daysailer based on the Herreshoff Fish Class, but with a centerboard conversion similar to that of the Haven 12 1/2.
Construction: Carvel planked over steam-bent frames.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 6 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
Breeze
Designer
Alex Bogdanov
“Breeze” is a 10′ (3m) double paddle canoe. Two sheets of plywood needed. Stitch and glue construction using 3″(75mm) fiberglass tape in epoxy for all seams inside and out. The deciding factors when designing the boat were mostly the same as with all my designs - seaworthiness and lightweight.
Coastworker 36 Workboat
Designer
BRUCE ROBERTS-GOODSON
NEW - COASTER Trawler Yachts & Work boats Here are the first of a new range of Coastal Trawlers that can customized to suit your desires and particular requirements. All will be excellent sea boat
Sailboats - Cruising
Goat Island Skiff
Designer
Michael Storer
The Goat has become known worldwide for being a simple to build and simple to sail that delivers.
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54' Authentic Chinese Junk Boat (Sailboat used as powerboat)
The junk is technically a sailboat, but her rig has been modified and she’s never had a proper su
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54' Authentic Chinese Junk Boat
The Ruby Seadragon (formerly Mei Wen Ti) is an authentic, one-of-a-kind, wooden Chinese junk boat
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30' BOLGER CAT-YAWL
Designed for us by Phil Bolger, Willow is a shallow draft (2’), leeboard cat-yawl launched in 199
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