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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
Zimmer 21' Gaff Sloop
Designer
Nelson Zimmer
Centerboard sloop with inside ballast and two settee berths for coastal cruising.
Construction: Carvel planked over sawn frames.
Alternative construction: Strip.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 5 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
DIAPASON 750
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
DIAPASON is a small cabin cruiser 7,50 m length. It is a modern, simple boat with racy lines, good performances and internal accommodations suitable for cruising.
Sailboats - Cruising
Sea Bright 18
Designer
Reuel B. Parker
SEA BRIGHT (MICROCRUISER) 18LOA: 18′ BEAM: 5′ 1″ DRAFT: 8 ½″WEIGHT: 350 to 500 lbs depending on construction & use.RIG: Ketch—Sprit main, balance jib and sprit mizzenTYPE: New Jersey Beach Skiff. Suitable for sailing and rowing with one or two oarsmen in the open ocean and coastal waters.
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan WAVE
Designer
Cornelius Gorman
Wide, shallow racing sloop designed by Cornelius Gorman in 1878.
Sailboats - Cruising
18' Catboat
Designer
Fenwick Williams
Construction: Carvel planked over sawn & steamed frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip. Lofting is required. Plans include 11 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
20' 3" Sloop LITTLE GULL
Designer
Winthrop Warner
Round-bottomed pocket cruiser with room for an inboard auxiliary and accommodations for two.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames.
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip
Lofting is required.
Plans include 11 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
25' 9" Lubec Boat
Designer
Brewer, Wallstrom and Assoc.
A double-ended boat legendary for its sea keeping abilities. These plans provide very complete drawings covering everything from backbone to masthead. Construction: Strip-planked over steam-bent frames. Alternative construction: Carvel or cold-molded. Lofting is required.
Sailboats - Cruising
FULL MOON 27
Designer
Iver Franzen
Based on Tom Gillmer and Iver Franzen’s New Moon (an enlargement on Gillmer’s Blue Moon), this sailing vessel is intended to be a stout, seaworthy, offshore-capable passagemaker, with an emphasis on the balance between comfortable sea-keeping and good sailing abilities.
Sailboats - Cruising
15' 8 OUGHTRED Stickleback Dory (Amberjack)
Designer
Iain Oughtred
Good dories have a reputation for being difficult to design but easy to build. Iain Oughtred has taken care of the hard work here-you can’t go wrong with his detailed plans for this lapstrake (plywood) Swampscott derivative.Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood over sawn frames.Alternative constr
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CLC Southwester Dory
Chesapeake Light craft Southwest Dory for Sale. Built from a kit in 2020.
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32' 1945 Mt Desert Downeaster
32’ 1945 Mt Desert Downeaster, 318 gas engine that runs, has been on the hard for 10yrs +/-, she
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James Lawley Yacht Tender
This boat was built from plans purchased from the museum at Mystic Conneticut. I named it JOYCE.
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