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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 - Cruising
Swaggie
Designer
John Welsford
Small blue water cruiser with Junk rig, inside steering station, and accommodation for up to four persons.
Suitable for home boatbuilders, all wood construction, lead ballast cast in small pigs.
Oar / Paddle
Hyak
Designer
Orca Canoes & Kayaks Ltd.
Hyak is a single kayak designed for multi-day excursions and recreational racing.
Oar / Paddle
20' Bangor Packet
Designer
Joel White
Lightweight, reasonably seaworthy recreational single with a sliding seat and outriggers.
Construction: Cold molded
Lofting is required
Plans include 5 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
24' 8" Skipjack, CALICO JACK
Designer
Joseph Gregory
A shoal-draft, two-sail bateau from the Chesapeake - comfortable cruising for a couple and a daysailing party.
Construction: Traditional Chesapeake bateau construction.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 7 sheets.
Motorboats - Outboard
Albury Runabout
Designer
Albury Brothers / plans by Doug Hylan
Built by eye in the Bahamas for the last 40 years, Doug Hylan’s drawings allow for strip-planking or cold-molding.Construction: Strip-planked over laminated frames.Alternative construction: Cold-molded, plans included.Lofting is required.Plans include 6 sheets.
Simmons Sea-Skiff Boat Plans
Designer
T. N. Simmons
Interested in building your own boat? Cape Fear Museum in Wilmington, NC sells Simmons Sea-Skiff boat plans in 18′, 20′ and 22′.Thomas Norwood Simmons was born in 1908 in Wilmington and lived most of his life on Myrtle Grove Sound. He was a carpenter by trade.
Oar / Paddle
Shearwater 16 Hybrid
Designer
Eric Schade
The Shearwater Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck.
Sailboats - Cruising
37' 3" Yawl, Controversy 36
Designer
Mt. Desrt Yacht Yard
Designed for strip-planking, the Controversy 36 features light displacement and good headroom, with light and open space throughout.
Construction: Strip-planked over bulkheads and frames
Lofting is required.
Plans include 16 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
Alden 30' Keel -- Centerboard Sloop
Designer
John Alden
A wholesome auxiliary cruiser with accommodations for three. Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip. Lofting is required. Plans include 4 sheets.
From the Community
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Matthews 45 Triple Cabin Flush Deck 1968
Located in Mystic, Connecticut - 3 staterooms and salon with A/C units, sleeps 8 - well maintaine
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2013 8' Chesapeake Light Craft Cocktail Class Racer
Wood hull built with meticulous and painstaking detail from a kit using a "stich-and-glue" method
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