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Sailboats - Racing

Flash 45

Designer

Erik Lerouge

IRC short handed racer

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

Luonteri

Designer

Perttu Korhonen

Luonteri is a “trail hiking kayak”, that can be divided into three parts. It makes storage and transportation more easy. In addition, the kayak can be transported as a “cart” with one wheel along roads or trails.

Sailboats - Cruising

18' Swampscott, JOHN DORY

Designer

Iain Oughtred

A refinement of the traditional Swampscott working dory for recreational use.

Plans include nine different rigs.

Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood over sawn frames.

Alternative construction: Traditional dory construction.

No lofting required.

Sailboats - Cruising

15' 8 OUGHTRED Stickleback Dory (Amberjack)

Designer

Iain Oughtred

Good dories have a reputation for being difficult to design but easy to build. Iain Oughtred has taken care of the hard work here-you can’t go wrong with his detailed plans for this lapstrake (plywood) Swampscott derivative.Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood over sawn frames.Alternative constr

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.

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.

Sailboats - Cruising

Half Model Plan WAVE

Designer

Cornelius Gorman

Wide, shallow racing sloop designed by Cornelius Gorman in 1878.

Motorboats - Outboard

Rustica 570

Designer

Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa

Rustica 570 is a cabin motor boat ideal for coastal cruising and camping. It’s particularly suitable for river tourism in protected waters. The shallow V hull, semi-displacement, is designed for an outboard motor hosted inside the cockpit with a power range between 10 HP and 15 HP.