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Boat Plans & Kits

If you are a designer who offers plans, or kit boats, we invite you to enter your information in the Directory of Boat Plans & Kits. There is no charge! This is for boats of WOOD hull material. And if you’re in the market for a boat to build, this is a fine place to start.

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714 results for All Boat Plans & Kits

Garvey 33

Designer: 
Reuel B. Parker
Skill Level to Build: 
Moderate

LOA: 33′ 1″
LBP: 32′10″
LWL: 26′ 8″
BEAM: 10′ 0″
DRAFT: 2′ 3½″/5′ 3½″
DISPLACEMENT: 9,000lbs (approx)
BALLAST: 2,000lbs lead under the settees.
1,000lbs additional lead for trim.
SAIL AREA: 388 sq. ft....

William H. Short

Designer: 
William H. Short
Skill Level to Build: 
Some building experience is needed.

SF Pelican 12 foot: Three sheets of drawings, step-by-step building instructions, sail plans, lists for materials and hardware, and sailing handling information.
Note: Drawing plans come in pdf format and can be printed to full hard copy...

32' MYSTIC Sharpie Ketch

Designer: 
Edward S. Brewer
Skill Level to Build: 
Intermediate

This 32′ double-ended sharpie ketch will provide the amateur builder with a shoal-draft cruising boat of simple construction.

Construction: Plywood planking over sawn frames.

Lofting is required.

Plans include 4 sheets....

Skerrieskiff 17'

Designer: 
Iain Oughtred
Skill Level to Build: 
Intermediate to Advanced

Construction - Glued Lapstrake clinker plywood. No Lofting required. Plans include 5 sheets with instructions. Sail Area - 67 sq. ft.

Half Model Plan SHADOW

Designer: 
N. G. Herreshoff
Skill Level to Build: 
Basic to Intermediate

Compromise sloop designed by N.G. Herreshoff in 1871. The plans produce a model that is 19″ long. When you purchase the set of plans, you also receive instructions on building by the "lift" method, as well as a bit of historical information on...

W17

Designer: 
Mike Waters N.A.
Skill Level to Build: 
Moderate but already built by several first-time builders

This is an ultra efficient, modern folding trimaran design with advanced features not found elsewhere. As WoodenBoat Magazine confirmed in their 2017 independent test report (WB#254), she is of uniquely easy construction, yet with...

Pilot Schooner 28

Designer: 
Reuel B. Parker
Skill Level to Build: 
Moderate (strip plank) to High (Cold-molded Lapstrake)

Swansea Pilot Schooner, flush-decked cruiser, based on the earliest type (late 18th/early 19th century). This vessel is intended for open ocean cruising.

Eastport Nesting Pram

Designer: 
John C. Harris
Skill Level to Build: 
Beginner/Intermediate

Chesapeake Light Craft’s Eastport Nesting Pram shares its hull with the popular stock Eastport Pram dinghy, a champion 7′9″ yacht tender that can carry a decent load, rows and tows with ease, and sails beautifully. In this “nesting” version, but...

WP 500

Designer: 
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
Skill Level to Build: 
medium

The recent America’s Cup has proven what is the potential of fast acceleration with a trimaran hull “piercing bow,” that is designed to penetrate the wave and not to float on the waves. Beyond the result the difference in behavior between Oracle...

Chesapeake 17

Designer: 
Chesapeake Light Craft
Skill Level to Build: 
Beginner/Intermediate

The Chesapeake 17 is one of our most popular kits. Its handling qualities and speed combined with a large cockpit and voluminous stowage make it one of the most capable touring boats around.