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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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Motorboats - Outboard
Macomber 15
Designer
Scott Gifford
The Macomber 15 is a traditionally built flat bottom Westport River Skiff.
LOA: 15'2"
Beam: 5'11"
Draft: 6"
Max Hp: 25 (15Hp.recomended)
Oar / Paddle
Sea Hawk
Designer
Mark Rogers
The first in the series of Hawks.The Sea Hawk, an excellent choice for the weekend warrior in all of us. Ideal for day paddles with the carrying capacity for overnight journeys.Good initial stability with exceptional secondary stability.
Sailboats - Cruising
Stradivari Mk IV
Designer
Hasse malmsten
This is a design for the 2.4mR class. The measurement formula is the same as for the bigger sisters like the famous 12mR yachts once used for the Americas Cup. As the down-scaling would leave the boat with to little righting moment there has been some adjustments to take care of this.
Oar / Paddle
Petrel Play
Designer
Nick Schade
Paddlers are demanding versatility AND performance from their sea kayaks these days. Little by little, designers like Nick Schade are squeezing huge performance out of compact dimensions.The Petrel Play is just 14 feet long, a length once reserved for recreational kayaks.
Sailboats - Cruising
ROBERTS 470
Designer
BRUCE ROBERTS-GOODSON
ROBERTS 470 - WOOD EPOXY
The accommodation of this design has been laid out to suit two couples. The Roberts 470 makes a fine long distance cruising yacht.
Sailboats - Cruising
DP 14'
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
The main priorities which lie at the base of the DP 14' design are: simplicity of construction, user friendliness (for single or double crew) and good performance - all of this with reasonable costs.
Oar / Paddle
Wood Duck 12 Hybrid
Designer
Eric Schade
The Wood Duck 10 Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck.
D'ANNA
Designer
Doug Hylan
D'ANNA is a 30' cold-molded evolution of the 29' Beals Island lobster boat, DIANA
Sailboats - Cruising
Sundowner
Designer
John Welsford
My client wanted to circumnavigate, Cape Horn and all! He wished to build the boat himself and had limited skills in boatbuilding, limits on his budget, and a space about the size of a double garage.
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Core Sound Sink Netter style round stern
Core Sound Sink Netter style-round stern, Length 32’, Beam 9’, built 1946 Mildon W Willis Boat Wo
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