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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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749 Results
Oar / Paddle
Sassafras 16
Designer
Chesapeake Light Craft
Like many traditional canoes, the Sassafras 16 is symmetrical, bow and stern. This allows a solo paddler to sit facing backwards on the forward seat for better trim. An elegant lapstrake canoe for two
Oar / Paddle
Selkie Kayak Kit
Designer
John Lockwood
The Selkie takes two of our most popular boats (The Arctic Tern 14 and the Murrelet) and marries them into one elegant, light weight boat that petite women, or those looking for a tight fitting play boat, will love.
Fliptail 6, 7 and 9 foot lightweight folding dinghy
Designer
woodenwidget
Fliptail 6, 7 and 9 foot lightweight folding dinghies. They row well and can plane with an outboard up to 3.3hp and can be adapted to sail using an Optimist sailing rig.
Easy to build, well proven, great looking, tough and stable.
Oar / Paddle
Eastport Nesting Pram
Designer
John C. Harris
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.
Motorboats - Inboard
COASTER SERIES, 27,28,32,36,39
Designer
Bruce Roberts
- Trawler Yachts & Work Boats
Sailboats - Cruising
Cape Henry 21
Designer
Dudley Dix
Cape Henry 21 lapstrake plywood trailer sailer
Sailboats - Cruising
19' Cat Schooner
Designer
William Garden
The latest in Bill Garden’s idea of the perfect kid’s cruising boat. Simple enough to be put together in the garage, salty enough to daydream on, and safe enough as well. She’s quite a handsome double-ender, with a fixed keel. This is an “oh my” boat.Construction: Plywood planking over sawn frame
Oar / Paddle
Growler
Designer
Warren Jordan
Growler is our new, highly versatile transom-stern cruising canoe, and “big sister” to our popular and highly acclaimed 12 ft. solo canoe, Newt.
From the Community
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Pinaud 37 motor cruiser
Meraboire 1, one of the last known Pinaud motor yachts, is for sale.
Classified
Spirit 39' Sloop
39' sloop currently undergoing full cosmetic refit at Cutts and Case in Oxford, MD.
Classified
2018 Wooden Seaskiff
Custom built at Madisonville Maritime Museum. 2019 19' magic tilt galvanized trailer.
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