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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 - Daysailers
Alden 21' Indian Class
Designer
John Alden
A Swampscott dory-type daysailer with generous side decks and inside ballast.
Construction Method: Lapstrake over sawn frames
Lofting is required: Partial
Plans include 4 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
Mill Creek 16
Designer
Chesapeake Light Craft
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.
Motorboats - Outboard
Jon Buoy
Designer
Warren Jordan
A 12 ft. outboard-powered multipurpose jonboat.
Sailboats - Racing
Merlin Rocket Dinghy 'Hazardous'
Designer
Keith Callaghan
The Merlin Rocket is one of the UK’s premier 2 person racing dinghies.After nearly 70 years and 3750 boats built, the Merlin Rocket racing dinghy continues to develop and evolve.
Sailboats - Cruising
Eider
Designer
Sam Devlin
The Eider is a wonderful 17′ 3″ cabin sailboat. It is a great step up in size and function from the 15′ Nancy's China.
Oar / Paddle
Dulcibella
Designer
Warren Jordan
A 10 ft. traditional lapstrake-planked Norwegian style pram. Strikingly elegant but very practical rowing tender.
Sailboats - Cruising
Clyde One Design
Designer
Alfred Mylne
The Clyde one-design 20-tonners as they were known were very popular and described by the Yacht Racing on the Clyde review of 1899 as "able and comfortable at sea, fairly speedy on the race course...
Oar / Paddle
"Mickey Mouse" - 8'(2.40m) One Sheet Mini Punt
Designer
Alex Bogdanov
The idea behind this design was to see how much boat can be squeezed out of a single sheet of plywood 4x8′ (1220 x 2440mm). The resulting boat is suitable for kids to paddle on ponds or very small lakes.
From the Community
Classified
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Solar Electric Trailerable Catamaran
Length: 18 feet, Beam: 8.25 feet, draft: about 1 foot.
Classified
John Marples design and built 21' folding trimaran
21’ long, 16’ beam (reduces to 8'5" for trailering), strip plank construction, 850lbs with all ge
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SEADUCK c1920 16' Goeller Catboat
Design originally published in The Rudder, Volume XXXI, Nov-Dec 1915
Boat Launchings
Boat Launchings
PT 11
I built this PT 11 nesting dinghy from the CLC kit over this past winter, to replace a 9'6" Nutsh
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