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Motorboats - Inboard

TRAWLER YACHT 485

Designer

Bruce Roberts

TRAWLER YACHT 485

Sailboats - Cruising

15' 8 OUGHTRED Stickleback Dory (Amberjack)

Designer

Iain Oughtred

Good dories have a reputation for being difficult to design but easy to build. Iain Oughtred has taken care of the hard work here-you can’t go wrong with his detailed plans for this lapstrake (plywood) Swampscott derivative.Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood over sawn frames.Alternative constr

Sailboats - Cruising

27' 6" Sloop, Controversy

Designer

Mt. Desert Yacht Yard

This design has a built-down keel to provide a deeper bilge, a centerboard housed entirely within the ballast keel, and a straight sheer.

Construction: Strip-planked over bulkhead / frames

Lofting is required.

Plans include 8 sheets.

Sailboats - Cruising

Day - Mower 25' Sea Bird Yawl

Designer

T.F. Day and C.D. Mower

Oceangoing carvel-planked cruiser with a choice of centerboard or ballast keel configurations.

Construction: Carvel planked over sawn frames.

Alternative construction: Strip.

Lofting is required.

Plans include 7 sheets.

Oar / Paddle

Petrel SG (Stitch-and-Glue)

Designer

Nick Schade

Nick Schade’s line of strip-planked Greenland-style sea kayaks are renowned for sophisticated performance on the water, beautiful lines, and sculptural hull details. But strip-planked boatbuilding is not for everyone.

Sailboats - Cruising

Half Model Plan MADGE

Designer

George L. Watson

British plank-on-edge cutter designed by George L.

Paraw Sailing Outrigger

Designer

Lorenzo B. Acompañado II

A Visayan sailing outrigger of Sulu sea, Philippines. An ancient but complex watercraft that is ubiquitous to this island nation. Sailing the exotic patriarch of multihull tribe is a different adventure that you would like to do.

Simon's canoe fits two men, and a dog — Simon Watts

Oar / Paddle

Simon Watts’ Lapstrake Canoe

Designer

Simon Watts

Lapstrake is a forgiving building method. The overlapping spruce planks allow for a little error when installing, which gives the classic canoe an extra layer of peace of mind when you’re on the water.