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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.
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Sailboats - Cruising
24' 8" Skipjack, CALICO JACK
Designer
Joseph Gregory
A shoal-draft, two-sail bateau from the Chesapeake - comfortable cruising for a couple and a daysailing party.
Construction: Traditional Chesapeake bateau construction.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 7 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
ROBERTS SPRAY 27
Designer
Bruce Roberts-Goodson
ROBERTS SPRAY 27 TRAILERABLE CRUISER You can build this boat in wood epoxy and other materials too.
Sailboats - Cruising
20' Yawl, SALLEE ROVER
Designer
Samuel S. Crocker
A handy clipper-bowed centerboard yawl, this boat is a heavily built, smart sailor with sparten accommodations for two.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip
Lofting is required.
Plans include 6 sheets.
Sailboats - Daysailers
16' Perfect Skiff –Weld
Designer
Stephen Weld
The flat-bottomed skiff can be both the most and least refined craft afloat.Popular by their ease of construction.Construction: Plywood planking over bulkhead frames.Alternative construction: Cross-planked bottom, planked sides (details included).Lofting is required.Plans include 5 sheets, and in
VILA 620
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
VILA 620 is the intermediate model of the VILA family of three small planing motor cruisers/fisherman designed for amateur boat builders.
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 - Daysailers
Passagemaker Dinghy Take-Apart
Designer
John C. Harris
Here's a handy boat that can be rowed, sailed, and powered with up to three large adults, and it "nests" to take up less space.
Moschino
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
We illustrate the spiritual and sociological reasons that led us to state in the MOSCHINO the ideal boat for many of us.
Motorboats - Outboard
Switzer Bullet 136
Designer
Switzer-Craft - Classic Wooden Boat Plans
Our best seller the 13 1/2 foot Bullet by Switzer. Iconic lines, the Bullet was a marathon and record breaker in its time.
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Herreshoff Original H-28 Bright Star
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