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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
Goat Island Skiff
Fast / Lightweight / Easy-to-BuildSpecifications:
- LOA 15′ 6″
- LWL 14′ 9″
- Beam 5′
- Draft (board up/down) 4″/36″
- Depth amidships 20″
- Sail Area 105 (lug) 14 sf (sprit)
Sailboats - Daysailers
14' 5" Biscayne Bay Daysailer
This V-bottomed daysailer can be shallow or deep drafted and is easily sailed.
Construction: Batten-seam planking over steamed frames
Alternative construction: Plywood
Lofting is optional.
Plans include 6 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
Jolly Boat Rocker
Jolly Boat is a rocking toy boat designed to provide years of make-believe nautical adventure for the young sailor, It is an adaptation of the classic flatiron skiff, a type that generations of “old salts” remember fondly as their first “real” boat.Jolly Boat has a length of 48″ and a beam of 23″
Oar / Paddle
THALAS 13'
THALAS 13' draws inspiration from the Whitehall, the most classical American row boat of the XIX century but, thanks to the modern construction techniques, is much lighter and has different hull lines
Sailboats - Daysailers
13' 4" Melonseed skiff
Lapstrake-plywood daysailer with a shapely wineglass transom, unstayed sprit rig, and wide, flat, keels for easy trailering.
Construction: Lapstrake plywood planking over steam-bent frames.
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip.
No lofting is required.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Hanze Yawl
The Hanze Yawl was designed some years ago during a course on lofting at the Bootbouwschool in the Netherlands.Bert van Baar, the owner of the school was very pleased about a Swedish design he had build previously in a project on the streets of Old Amsterdam.
Oar / Paddle
Matunuck Surf Kayak
The Matunuck is a surf kayak designed by Nick Schade to be comparable with the best carbon-fiber surfyaks on the market.
Sailboats - Cruising
Didi Cruise-Mini
Didi Cruise-Mini radius chine plywood cruising sailboat
Oar / Paddle
Wineglass Wherry (Row Boat Kit)
The Wineglass Wherry possesses the wineglass transom and smooth double-ended waterline of a classic rowing boat. A versatile craft, that's easy to build, lightweight (90 lbs) and rugged.
Pagination
From the Community
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1938 Gaff-rigged Cutter
William Atkin-designed, gaff-rigged 23' sailboat in very good shape on double-axle trailer, also
Classified
30' 1994 Bryan Motorsailer
Designed and built by Harry Bryan. White cedar on white oak. Bronze fastened. Lead keel.
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2013 PACIFIC COAST FISHING DORY $17,500
24' Long 8' Beam 115 HP Evinrude E-Tech 17.5 HRS
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