Plans & Kits

D'ANNA is a 30' cold-molded evolution of the 29' Beals Island lobster boat, DIANA

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

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

The Shearwater Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck.

Dixi Dinghy plywood 3:1 dinghy

The Mill Creek 16.5™ is enormously popular because it can be used in so many ways. Not only can you paddle it as a single or a double, but you can sail it, or add a sliding-seat rowing unit.

The Milford 20 is a trailer-able shoal draft sharpie schooner modelled on the New Haven sharpies of the late 19th. century. It was inspired by Mark Fitzgerald’s FLORIDAYS design, as published in Reuel Parker’s Sharpie Book and featured in Watercraft Magazine.

Open daysailer featuring plywood construction.

Construction: Lapstrake plywood over sawn frames

No lofting is required

Rig: Sliding Gunter

Plans include 35 sheets

Didi 38 radius chine plywood cruiser/racer

The idea was a boat that handles like a good racing dinghy, but is much easier to store and transport. Rooftop.