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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
Babson 14
Designer
Tom Hill and Jon Wilson
Build the Babson 14 from scratch! Plans include three variations on the hull: sheet ply (like our kits), glue-lap-ply, power, suitable for up to a 2 horsepower outboard.Plans contain 16 sheets of drawings, full-sized mold patterns so no lofting is required (no offsets are included with the plans)
Oar / Paddle
Thomson 11' Skiff
Designer
Asa Thomson
Flat-bottomed rowing skiff elegant enough for a yacht tender.
Construction: Cross-planked bottom, lapstrake sides
No lofting is required
Plans include 1 sheet.
Oar / Paddle
17' 6" RedBird
Designer
Ted Moores
This Bear Mountain design is an efficient wilderness canoe that has proven exceptionally seaworthy.
Sailboats - Cruising
ROBERTS SPRAY 27
Designer
Bruce Roberts-Goodson
ROBERTS SPRAY 27 TRAILERABLE CRUISER You can build this boat in wood epoxy and other materials too.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Navigator
Designer
John Welsford
Classic daysailing yacht of glued plywood lapstrake construction suitable for first time builders. Choice of sloop, yawl or lugsail rigs, carries up to six and is suitable for coastal cruising.
Sailboats - Cruising
Explorer
Designer
Fred Shell
A boat to take you to all the shallow water places that most sailors never see up close (deep water places too). At only 95 lbs it is easily car topped or trailered and can even be launched from many places without a ramp.
Panga25
Designer
Jacques Mertens
We designed a simple to build work boat with a vee-hull based on a proven work boat type, the Panga.
Motorboats - Outboard
21' Runabout
Designer
Colin Wood
When I first saw WoodenBoat Magazine’s boat design competition to design a modern wooden runabout, I was very excited. I’m sure most of the other competitors in this competition feel the same way.
Sailboats - Cruising
POLLY
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
POLLY, designed to compete in Diecipiedi (10 Foot) Class (www.diecipiedi.it) is rather large and stable. Quite comfortable for its size it may be used also for sailing excursions.
From the Community
Classified
Classified
Fenwick Williams 18' Catboat Alden No. 838 with Tender and Brand New Trailer
1958 Fenwick Williams 18' wooden catboat with tender and new 2023 galvanized trailer with stainle
Classified
Always Draws a Crowd - Fully Restored and Modernized 1963 Chris-Craft Futura 33'
This one is ready for the grandkids or a dinner cruise.
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