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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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746 Results
Oar / Paddle
16' Whitehall Rowing Boat
Designer
Steve Killing
A modern interpretation of a centuries old harbour rowing boat.
Oar / Paddle
Sasquatch 14-30
Designer
Matt Langenfeld
A stitch and glue touring canoe design 14' x 30" [4.3 m x .76 m]
Oar / Paddle
Arctic Hawk
Designer
Mark Rogers
Test the Arctic Hawk on the worst conditions and you will find it at its best.The Arctic Hawk is a medium volume, touring kayak which recreates the legendary West Greenland kayak in today's material and technology. The West Greenland design was bred in adversity and perfected in storm and ice.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Penny Fee
Designer
Iain Oughtred
Construction - Glued lapstrake plywood.
Alternative construction - Traditional, cold-molded and strip plank.
No Lofting required.
Plans include 8 sheets.
Sail Area - Lug 87 sq. ft.
Sloop 104 sq. ft.
Yawl 121 sq. ft.
Motorboats - Outboard
Zipper
Designer
Andrew Walters
Zipper is an 11 foot runabout based on designs of the 1950’s for Class ‘B’ stock utility racing boats by Hal Kelly and William Jackson.This design differs from those of the period in that it is to be constructed in the 'Instant Boat' method using glass fiber and polyester or epoxy resins to make
Sailboats - Cruising
ALBATROS 26’
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
ALBATROS 26’ is the smallest sister of the ALBATROS family, our modern classic yachts. Far its size it cannot be defined a “blue water yacht” but it is a seaworthy boat.
Motorboats - Outboard
Peeler Skiff
Designer
John C. Harris
Designed by John C. Harris, this light but sturdy fishing and utility skiff—a “crab skiff,” as they’re known on the Chesapeake Bay—has been dubbed the “Peeler” after the Chesapeake slang for a local delicacy, soft-shell crabs.
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan Hattie
Designer
Documented by Martin C. Erismann
A working Friendship Sloop, or Maine sloop-boat, documented by Martin C. Erismann at the turn of the century.
Motorboats - Outboard
Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff
Designer
Joel White
Designed by Joel White, the original boat was built plank-on-frame by Jimmy Steele (of Peapod fame), but no plans were ever drawn-until now.
From the Community
Classified
Classified
1946 44' Island Clipper Sloop Nirvana
San Francisco Bay birthed 1946 Fellow & Stewart Island Clipper, Nirvana (44 ft LOA, 9 ½ beam,
Classified
International Penguin 2008 Bristol Seacraft Penguin
International Penguin
2008 Bristol Seacraft Penguin
11'5" LOA
Classified
33' Friendship Sloop, #64, "Amicitia"
33' Friendship Sloop, #64, "Amicitia", LOA 42', designed by John Alden, built by Lash Bros.
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