Oar / Paddle
Peace Canoe
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A great family boatbuilding project! Build it in a weekend from a kit, or build it from plans using local materials.
Designed as a cat schooner; both sails have big round poles at their leading edges. Considering the performance potential of this hull, this rig is appropriate. The stayless rig is clean and will be cheap to build with solid fir poles.
Flat-bottomed rowing skiff elegant enough for a yacht tender.
Construction: Cross-planked bottom, lapstrake sides
No lofting is required
Plans include 1 sheet.
Lightweight, reasonably seaworthy recreational single with a sliding seat and outriggers.
Construction: Cold molded
Lofting is required
Plans include 5 sheets.
Chesapeake Light Craft’s Eastport Nesting Pram shares its hull with the popular stock Eastport Pram dinghy, a champion 7′9″ yacht tender that can carry a decent load, rows and tows with ease, and sails beautifully.
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.
ALBATROS 36’ is a true “blue water yacht”, classic in its aspect but modern in design and construction.
VILA 650 is the biggest of the VILA family of three small planning cruisers.
Construction — Glued lapstrake clinker plywood. No Lofting required. Plans include 5 sheets with instructions. Sail Area — Lug 83 sq. ft. Sloop 95 sq. ft.
Built by owner in 2023 to lines and offsets in The Dory Book by John Gardner.
BOAT SOLD! ENGINE STILL AVAILABLE