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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
Swaggie
Designer
John Welsford
Small blue water cruiser with Junk rig, inside steering station, and accommodation for up to four persons.
Suitable for home boatbuilders, all wood construction, lead ballast cast in small pigs.
Oar / Paddle
15' 0" Bob's Special
Designer
modified by Ted Moores and Steve Killing
An extremely light weight canoe of good carrying capacity, it is very steady and easy to portage through the brush.
Sailboats - Cruising
Spray 33
Designer
Bruce Roberts
Spray 33
Wood / Epoxy This 33ft Spray has been built in large numbers and has crossed all oceans and completed circumnavigations.
Sailboats - Daysailers
18' 6" Garden's Eel
Designer
William Garden
A thoroughly charming boat from the board of a highly respected designer, Eel exudes strength of character.
Construction: Strip, cold-molded, or carvel.
Alternative construction: Lapstrake.
Lofting required.
Plans include 4 sheets
Sailboats - Daysailers
20' Catboat, MADAM TIRZA
Designer
Charles Wittholz
A small daysailer/cruiser with berths for two. Construction: Plywood planking over sawn frames. Lofting is required. Plans include 8 sheets.
CLC Cradle Boat
Designer
John C. Harris
A perfect gift for the family's newest little boatbuilder, the CLC Cradle Boat is an ideal first stitch-and-glue project.
19' Garvey, BIG BEN
Designer
Doug Hylan
Fine boatyard skiff or small harbor ferry. Construction: Plywood planking over bulkheads. Lofting is required. Plans include 4 sheets.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Start 42
Designer
ACDesign
The Start 42 is designed to sail very very fast as a 14 ft international.
From the Community
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1947 Cypress-On-Oak 46 ft Centerboard Ketch
Anchor Where Other Sailboats Can't! One-off design resembling a Munroe-sharpie, Montreal 1947.
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Core Sound Sink Netter style round stern
Core Sound Sink Netter style-round stern, Length 32’, Beam 9’, built 1946 Mildon W Willis Boat Wo
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