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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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747 Results
Motorboats - Outboard
Bowler
Designer
Doug Hylan
Thank you for considering my plans for BOWLER, a “cruising” version of my TOP HAT launch. These boats are descended from Harry Bryan’s inspired Handy Billy design, which in turn can trace it’s origins back to William Hand's vee bottom designs from the early 20th century.
Motorboats - Outboard
Fast Skiff 12
Designer
Jacques Mertens
The Fast Skiff 12, a simple, economical, easy to build and fast small planing boat.
Motorboats - Outboard
Barrelback 19 foot Custom
Designer
Classic Wooden Boat Plans
Original authentic copies are scarce for the 19 Barrelback, certainly no shortage of modified and self translated versions available. Due to lack of details and authenticated plans this version of a 19 foot barrelback should best be described as loosely designed around the Chris Craft 19 1940.
Oar / Paddle
15' Prospector 'Ranger'
Designer
Steve Killing Yacht Design Inc.
Prospector “Ranger” 15 — a pocket-sized prospector.The Prospector models built by the Chestnut Canoe Company were made in lengths from 12 to 18 ft.
Motorboats - Outboard
Albury Runabout
Designer
Albury Brothers / plans by Doug Hylan
Built by eye in the Bahamas for the last 40 years, Doug Hylan’s drawings allow for strip-planking or cold-molding.Construction: Strip-planked over laminated frames.Alternative construction: Cold-molded, plans included.Lofting is required.Plans include 6 sheets.
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
24' 9" Canoe Yawl WENDA
Designer
Albert Strange
A charming, shoal-draft, carvel-planked cruiser for two.Wenda possesses a timeless elegance.She’ll work her magic in the 21st century as she did in the 19th.Construction: Carvel planking over steamed frames.Alternative construction: Cold-molded or lapstrake plywood.Lofting is required.Plans inclu
Sailboats - Cruising
11' 2" Shellback Dinghy
Designer
Joel White
This beautiful 11′ 2″ dinghy is similar in construction to the Nutshell Pram, although it is slightly larger, with a pointed bow.Construction: Glued-lapstrake plywood.Alternative construction: Traditional lapstrake.No lofting is required.Plans include 5 sheets.
Sailboats - Daysailers
18' 8" Mackinaw
Designer
Nelson Zimmer
An open shoal-draft centerboarder suitable for rowing, daysailing, or coastal cruising.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames
Alternative construction: Lapstrake, strip, or cold-molded
Lofting is required
Plans include 3 sheets.
From the Community
Classified
Classified
Lightening sailboat, Hull #4444
19' Lightening sailboat, cedar wood hull and deck restored and epoxied.
Classified
37' Alden hull
This is in unfinished Alden hull that was built in 1935 and never completed.
Classified
1956 Chris Craft Sea Skiff
18' Chris Craft Sea Skiff. 60-hp Gray Marine, 12 Volt conversion, Pertronix Electronic ignition.
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