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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
RoofRack
A small and very simple tender to fit inside a station wagon or on a roofrack, this little plywood dink will suit some one wanting a tender for their small yacht or motorboat.
Oar / Paddle
DRIADE
DRIADE is a light and fast rowing boat, ideal for those who wish to train for rowing with a simpler, easier to handle and cheaper boat than the typical rowing skiff.
Motorboats - Outboard
SILVER 55
The classical hull shape of old wooden runabouts of the 70’s combines perfectly well with the use of marine plywood. This allows SILVER 55 to be in the same time elegant and simple to build.
Oar / Paddle
Pinocchio
“Pinocchio” was commissioned by my 7 year old son who wanted to learn paddling. He saw these kids paddling in small plastic kayaks which looked more like “bricks” or “barges” rather than boats.
Oar / Paddle
Petrel Play
Paddlers are demanding versatility AND performance from their sea kayaks these days. Little by little, designers like Nick Schade are squeezing huge performance out of compact dimensions.The Petrel Play is just 14 feet long, a length once reserved for recreational kayaks.
Sailboats - Cruising
20' 3" Sloop LITTLE GULL
Round-bottomed pocket cruiser with room for an inboard auxiliary and accommodations for two.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames.
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip
Lofting is required.
Plans include 11 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
18' Catboat
Construction: Carvel planked over sawn & steamed frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip. Lofting is required. Plans include 11 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
Northwest Passage XL
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 - Outboard
Kastri
In the spring of 2013, I started to write a book called, How to Design a Boat using SketchUp 3D Software. The subject matter was my design, ‘Kalostyn’.
Pagination
From the Community
Boat Launchings
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1942 copy of a Herreshoff Buzzards Bay Boat
Built on Deer Isle in 1942 , it has an 800 pound steel keel, 4 foot draft.
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1956 39' Concordia Masthead Yawl $10,500
This vessel received a complete refit in 2007-2008 including re-powering, new decks, new standing