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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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To refine your search, add quote marks. If you search Nutshell Pram Kit, you will get all the listings which include Nutshell, Pram, and Kit. To refine, search “Nutshell Pram Kit” and you’ll see just Nutshell Pram Kit results.
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HEADWATER 14
The Headwater Fourteen [H-14] was designed and the prototype built in the Summer of 1985 to test the viability of using frameless, stressed skin construction to build a serviceable Whitewater drift boat.
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan MINERVA
Cutter designed by William Fife Jr., in 1888.The plans produce a model that is 28″ in length.You’ll receive 3 pages of plans historical information about the boat, step-by-step instructions and full-sized patterns for each lift, as well as template for you to shape the profile.
Sailboats - Cruising
SCHEGGIA
SCHEGGIA (designed to compete in 10 Foot Class – www.diecipiedi.it) is narrow at waterline which makes it fast. Thanks to its flare sides stability increases considerably when the boat starts to hee
Sailboats - Cruising
Wittholz 17' Catboat
V-bottomed cruiser designed for plywood construction with accommodations for two and inside ballast.Construction: Plywood planking over sawn frames.Lofting is required.Plans include 11 sheets.Please note: gaff rig version’s mast measurements are taken by scaling from the plans.Notice the below de
Sailboats - Daysailers
DP 14'
Simplicity of construction, user friendliness (both for single or double) and high performance – all of this with reasonable costs. These are the main priorities which lie at the base of the DP 14’ design and which justify the main choices made, in particular:
Sailboats - Daysailers
7' 7" Nutshell Sailing Kit
Our pre-cut kits are cut by computer-guided routers to provide you with accurate parts. And, the kits come with just about everything needed except the elbow grease.The ladder frame—the “foundation” of the boat—is now included with the kit.
Oar / Paddle
16' 0" Prospector
The 16' Prospector features a flattened, shallow arch hull with its fullness carried into the bow and stern, good depth amidships to maintain freeboard and deepened ends to keep paddlers and gear dry.
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From the Community
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2018 Wooden Seaskiff
Custom built at Madisonville Maritime Museum. 2019 19' magic tilt galvanized trailer.
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Custom John Brooks 10' Rowing/Sailing Dinghy with Plexiglass Bottom
Custom row boat built by Brooks Boats in Mt. Desert, Maine.
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Wooden ElToro 8' pram
El Toro one design in nice shape. Go sailing or refinish for a showpiece.
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Fenwick Williams 18' Catboat Alden No. 838 with Tender and Brand New Trailer
1958 Fenwick Williams 18' wooden catboat with tender and new 2023 galvanized trailer with stainle