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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
Colvos Passage
Designer
Dave Kuperstein
20' expedition size, double kayak, accommodates big people with big feet in an efficiently paddled hull.
Sailboats - Cruising
32' MYSTIC Sharpie Ketch
Designer
Edward S. Brewer
This 32′ double-ended sharpie ketch will provide the amateur builder with a shoal-draft cruising boat of simple construction.
Construction: Plywood planking over sawn frames.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 4 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
Sassafras 12
Designer
Chesapeake Light Craft
An ultralight solo pack canoe weighing in at 26 lbs. Carry the boat in one hand, your paddle in the other.
Sailboats - Racing
HADRON singlehander racing dinghy
Designer
Keith Callaghan
HADRON is a new dinghy design for 2011.
Sailboats - Cruising
12' Catspaw Dinghy
Designer
Joel White and N.G. Herreshoff
An open boat that rows with ease and swiftness and is stiff enough under sail to stand up to a breeze.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames
Alternative construction: Lapstrake or strip
No lofting is required
Plans include 6 sheets
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.
Oar / Paddle
Auklet 7' 2"
Designer
Iain Oughtred
Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood. Alternative construction: Traditional plank, cold-molded and strip planked. No Lofting required. Sail Area : 30 sq. ft. Plan includes 6 sheets.
Coastworker 36 Workboat
Designer
BRUCE ROBERTS-GOODSON
NEW - COASTER Trawler Yachts & Work boats Here are the first of a new range of Coastal Trawlers that can customized to suit your desires and particular requirements. All will be excellent sea boat
From the Community
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Spirit 39' Sloop
39' sloop currently undergoing full cosmetic refit at Cutts and Case in Oxford, MD.
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Pinaud 37 motor cruiser
Meraboire 1, one of the last known Pinaud motor yachts, is for sale.
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2018 Wooden Seaskiff
Custom built at Madisonville Maritime Museum. 2019 19' magic tilt galvanized trailer.
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