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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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Strumpet
Designer
Jay Benford
Strumpet was designed for a very experienced yachtsman. He told us he wanted a boat based on the Scottish fishing trawlers distinctive double-ended hull forms for appearance and seaworthiness.
Sailboats - Cruising
BRIO 555
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
The BRIO 555 is a fast and easy to handle boat, suitable to be sailed sportively by a crew of two or quietly and safely by a larger crew.
Carolina Sportfish 23
Designer
Jacques Mertens
The CS23 is an offshore boat based on the Carolina Sport Fishing boats lines.
Gypsy
Designer
Woods Designs
The GYPSY 28 was the Woods Designs’ own cruising boat for five very successful years. It was designed as an easy-to-build budget ocean cruiser and many are now sailing in all corners of the world.
Oar / Paddle
Ammassalik 176
Designer
Mark Rogers
Come experience the nuances of this East Greenland design.
The Ammassalik 176 is a true representations of the East Greenland design.
Oar / Paddle
West River 18
Designer
John C. Harris
The West River 18™ has built a huge following thanks to its speed, comfortable cockpit, and lithe good looks.
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.
Sailboats - Cruising
Badger
Designer
Jay Benford
Badger gained widespread fame as the subject of the book Voyaging On A Small Income. The concept of this design was to use the basic interior accommodation plan that worked so well on the 34′ Topsail Ketch Sunrise, which was evolved and improved on during the decade that I lived aboard her.
From the Community
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OLIN STEPHENS 6-METRE RACING SLOOP
Historic 1929 Olin Stephens 6-metre racing sloop. Located near Lake Champlain.
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1936 Blue Moon Alden Design Cutter/Sloop, A classic well worth saving!
Designed by: John G. Alden (Naval Architect). Alden Design No.
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