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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
ROBERTS 19
Designer
Bruce Roberts-Goodson
Roberts 19 Trailerable gunkholing and coastal cruiser. Plans and full size frame patterns available for wood epoxy construction.
Oar / Paddle
Mollyhawk
Designer
John Welsford
Harbor Woodworks offers custom kits and boats, tailored to your specifications and desired level of completion. We ship to the U.S. and Canada.Mollyhawk is the longer, and I think - more useful and competent - version of an earlier boat...
PALOMA OPEN
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
PALOMA is a simple, traditional and versatile boat which has been designed in three versions, as a small cruiser, as an open daysailer and as a motorboat.
Oar / Paddle
Sandy Point Boat Works Whitehall 14
Designer
Sandy Point Boat Works
This 14′ pulling boat was inspired by the Typical Whitehall Designs uses as work boats of the harbors of New York a century ago. Altered to be more of a recreational boat, you will find that pulling the oars on this boat is a delight.
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
Sailboats - Daysailers
Puur 17
Designer
Scott Davis
The Puur 17 is a trailerable performance daysailer that’s been featured in Small Craft Advisor. The modern design is unsinkable, self-righting from knock-down, easy to solo, and comfortable for 2 adults with 2 kids.
Motorboats - Outboard
VILA 570
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
VILA 570 is the smallest of a family of three small planing cruisers boats ranging from 19’ to 22’.
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New England Classic
Excellent condition and freshly painted, custom 16’ Amesbury Skiff 2003, Oak Frame, lapstrake ced
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Penobscot 13 wooden sailboat
Leave the world behind, at least for a while, on my beautiful Penobscot 13 wooden sailboat.
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