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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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Oar / Paddle
Trixie
Designer
Andrew Walters
“Trixie” began as an idea for a small and simple to build plywood tender, able to get out to a mooring with two or three on board, that was very light, incorporated wheels to enable transport to the slipway, was designed to provide the maximum space from two sheets of 1/4″ plywood, and could be p
Sailboats - Cruising
Schooner JACK EVERYMAN
Designer
John Truelove
This schooner is intended as a comfortable cruising yacht for a couple with occasional guests, and to be of simple construction so that Jack everyman can build it. It has a twin keel / centreline rudder configuration.
Oar / Paddle
Cradle boat "Joey"
Designer
Manta Marine Design
Nice little cradle boat with rocking option. For more information please visit the website and look under portfolio/small boats
Sailboats - Cruising
30' Malabar Jr
Designer
John Alden
Carvel-planked, outside ballasted cruiser with choice of three or four berths.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip
Sail Area : Sloop - 528 sq. ft., Yawl - 579 sq. ft.
Lofting is required.
Sailboats - Cruising
Didi Cruise-Mini
Designer
Dudley Dix
Didi Cruise-Mini radius chine plywood cruising sailboat
Sailboats - Cruising
Cape Cutter 19
Designer
Dudley Dix
Cape Cutter 19 lapstrake plywood trailer-sailer
Oar / Paddle
JAM 8
Designer
Edward Sutt
The JAM 8 is a true personal watercraft. While only 7 foot 4 inches long, it can carry up to 200 pounds. The JAM 8 is perfect for exploring flat water rivers, ponds and marshes.
From the Community
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Catboat "Dell"
Gaff-rigged catboat. 12'9" LOA. 6' beam. Custom-designed and built. Nantucket in 2011.
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1936 Starling Burgess 38' Schooner
Beautiful boat once restored (2016) Unfortunately neglected since.
Classified
Concordia Yawl 39
SOVEREIGN, a rare gem, was built in Germany in 1953 and sports a few modern upgrades yet she reta
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1965 Grand Banks 36 Double Cabin "PRELUDE" — Hull #27 — Believed First Twin-Engine 36 Built — $40,000
Hull #27 of the Grand Banks 36, and as best we can determine, the first twin-engine 36 ever built
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