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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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Motorboats - Outboard
Tolman Skiff Jumbo
Tolman Skiffs are thoroughly modern, ocean capable, vee bottom stitch and glue plywood boats with a dory ancestry. These skiffs are designed for Alaskan waters and are ideal for sport fishing, beach camping, cruising and general work or recreation.
Oar / Paddle
13'0 Rob Roy
A classic double paddle solo canoe. This hull design has been built in many versions, from a simple light weight fast cruising canoe, to a full decked version of bookmatched walnut veneer.
Oar / Paddle
LONG WEEKEND
After numerous requests for a larger version of our “Happy Hour” fishing kayak here is the result. “Long Weekend” is not a mere scale up. Bottom is V-shaped which improves tracking and ability to handle small waves. The slightly narrower beam makes the hull fast. Stability is great.
Motorboats - Outboard
14' 10" Runabout, RASCAL
A modified V-bottom, with constant deadrise in its after sections. Construction: Plywood and Mahogany over sawn frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded, double laminated plywood. No lofting is required. Plans include 8 sheets.
Crystal 16
The Crystal 16 was designed to be a simple, lightweight flats skiff. Her hull is a simple V-bottom with a bit of flare in her topsides. Her deck features a large casting platform forward with two smaller platforms back aft on both sides. Storage is available up forward below the casting deck.
Motorboats - Outboard
Almaguin 500
A versatile, 5-metre utility runabout for cottagers, anglers and day trippers, ideal for the first-time builder.
Oar / Paddle
Sea Kayak SEGUIN
Fast and slim, Seguin’s 21 1/2″ beam will challenge and reward experienced paddlers.Built of 4mm plywood, this hard-chined, stitch-and-glue sea kayak includes a retractable skeg that will provide balance and control.Construction: Stitch-and-glue plywood.No lofting is required.Plans include 5 shee
Sailboats - Racing
Technè
Techne is a pure double trapeze skiff, fast, exciting and for amateur boat building.
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From the Community
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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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
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Great Lakes Class sloop
Built by the Burr Bros in 1960, this 36' beauty with a 10'9" beam was restored over seven years a