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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
BRIO 555
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.
Oar / Paddle
Cypress Pirogue
Everyone from Louisiana seems to remember that cypress pirogue boat Pawpaw kept in his barn. Cypress pirogues have since become a relic of the past. Pirogues are flat bottom boats designed to paddle shallow swamps and marshes.
M80
M80, is a simple to build plywood trailable trimaran, plans are very complete and include DXF files for CNC cutting.A standard folding system is used to faciltate trailing by road at a folded width of 2450mm.The interior consists of two wing berths 2000 x 600 a single up forward 1900 x 700 with r
Sailboats - Daysailers
DP 14'
Simplicity of construction, user friendliness (both for single or double) and high performance – all of this with reasonable costs. These are the main priorities which lie at the base of the DP 14’ design and which justify the main choices made, in particular:
Sailboats - Racing
ACYD MINI
October 8th, 1977, twenty-four “21 feet sailing boats” single handed left Penzance (United Kingdom) for Antigua with a stopover in Tenerife.The smallest offshore racing boats were born and so was favourite race: the Mini Transat.
Fantail Launch, by Bolger
This exquisite launch leaves little wake at five knots. Her plans show both cold-molded and plank-on-frame construction. Construction: Cold-Molded or Carvel planked over steamed frames. Alternative construction: Lapstrake. Lofting is required. Plans include 5 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
18' Catboat
Construction: Carvel planked over sawn & steamed frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip. Lofting is required. Plans include 11 sheets.
20' Spalding Utility Launch
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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2018 Wooden Seaskiff
Custom built at Madisonville Maritime Museum. 2019 19' magic tilt galvanized trailer.
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Custom John Brooks 10' Rowing/Sailing Dinghy with Plexiglass Bottom
Custom row boat built by Brooks Boats in Mt. Desert, Maine.
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Wooden ElToro 8' pram
El Toro one design in nice shape. Go sailing or refinish for a showpiece.
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Fenwick Williams 18' Catboat Alden No. 838 with Tender and Brand New Trailer
1958 Fenwick Williams 18' wooden catboat with tender and new 2023 galvanized trailer with stainle