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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.
To refine your search of this directory, use quotation marks. If you search Nutshell Pram Kit, you’ll receive all the listings that include the words Nutshell, Pram, and Kit. To refine your search, enter “Nutshell Pram Kit”; you’ll then see only the results for Nutshell Pram kits.
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Sailboats - Racing
START 65
This is a boat simple to build, economical to use and that has a minimum of habitability and a lot of deck space for outdoor living.The construction method is the “stitch and paste” because of its small size.The hull is in CPM 10 mm thk.
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.
Motorboats - Outboard
Rifleman
Rifleman was intended as an economical planing hulled speedboat suited for coastal inshore fishing.
She is built of plywood and is intended for 15/20 hp outboard motors.
Sailboats - Cruising
SPRAY 36
SPRAY 36 - Wood Epoxy - Gaff rig - Bermudian rig - Junk rig
Oar / Paddle
Pinguino 145 Wooden Kayak Kit
Stable, comfortable, and well-mannered, the Pinguino is great for fishing, bird watching and photography. She is the perfect kayak for messing about in mild rivers, lakes, ponds, wetlands, and coast.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Swifty 12
The Swifty 12 is the most popular boat in the Shell Boats fleet, with several hundred built from our kits and plans. Docile and easily handled, the Swifty will plane on a reach in a good breeze, but you will have to work very hard to get it to capsize.
Oar / Paddle
Sea Hawk
The first in the series of Hawks.The Sea Hawk, an excellent choice for the weekend warrior in all of us. Ideal for day paddles with the carrying capacity for overnight journeys.Good initial stability with exceptional secondary stability.
Oar / Paddle
SOLO FISHER 45 kayak
Pdf and dxf files (for cnc machine) of solo fisher 45 kayak — set of parts plans and assembly instructions downloadable files.This SET OF PLANS will get you going to bild your own SOLO FISHER 45 Kayak.
Oar / Paddle
The Silver Thread
Silver Thread is a replica of a Cornish lug and mizzen used in the inshore fishing and as tender to larger vessels within harbors. The original boat, Summer Haze, was built in Padstow around 1908.
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Thames River Skiff
Thames River racing skiff converted to expedition style rowing boat. Built 1900-1918 by E.
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17' Cape Split Peapod and Trailex trailer
KESA is a modern 17' LOA Cape Split peapod based on the Cape Split peapod design at Mystic Seapor
Boat Launchings
Boat Launchings
Re- Launching 1941 Herreshoff 12 1/2
This original Herreshoff 12 1/2 was one of the last to come off the line of Herreshoff Manufactur