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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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Fast Launch 26
Designer
Jacques Mertens
Commuter style launch with diesel inboard and a small cabin.
Headwater Transport 9.9
Designer
Tracy O'Brien
Most Pram dinghies are essentially rowing or sailing boats, which limits their speed potential to a mere 3 or 4 knots.
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan SCHEMER
Designer
Isaac P. Wilkins
Late 19th-century skimming-dish sloop designed by Isaac P.
Motorboats - Outboard
Barrelback 19 foot Custom
Designer
Classic Wooden Boat Plans
Original authentic copies are scarce for the 19 Barrelback, certainly no shortage of modified and self translated versions available. Due to lack of details and authenticated plans this version of a 19 foot barrelback should best be described as loosely designed around the Chris Craft 19 1940.
Oar / Paddle
Northwest Passage XL
Designer
Dave Kuperstein
NWP XL is a very low drag touring kayak for paddlers weighing 180-250 pounds. Built from 4mm plywood in a garage, you can build two for the price of one kit with these plans. Weigh less? see NWP.
Motorboats - Inboard
WAVERUNNER 342 (36 FT)
Designer
Bruce Roberts
WAVERUNNER 342 (36 FT) Wood /Epoxy
Pemaquid Friendship Sloop
Designer
Drawings by Jay Hanna, original drawings by H.I. Chapelle
Round-bottomed, outside-ballasted cruiser with accommodations for two.Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames.Alternative construction: Strip.Lofting is required.Plans include 4 sheets.Please note: plans call for an engine long ago discontinued.You'll want to find a suitable alternative.
Sailboats - Racing
START 100
Designer
ACDesign
In line with the current standard projects, the Start 100 was born by the need to offer spacious interiors to cruisers not necessarily for long cruises in sheltered waters.The hull construction is made of longitudinal structure in mahogany khaya and okoumè for deck and interiors.The hull geometry
Motorboats - Outboard
Rifleman
Designer
John Welsford
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.
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2025 Paul Gartside Custom 17' Electric Launch
A blend of traditional New England and European launches with full displacement hull combined wit
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Swampscott Dory, 17'
Fiberglass bottom, trailer. Built in 2005 by Old Wharf Dory Company in Wellfleet, MA.
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