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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
Sponge Docks Skiff 16
The Sponge Docks Skiffs are designed for first-time builders, due to their simple stitch and glue assembly, yet on the water these good looking boats are versatile, stable and dry.
Sailboats - Racing
START 55
Start 55 expands the range of self-construction project of our Studio.
Oar / Paddle
Pax 18
These completely new designs were developed at CLC in response to a growing constituency of skilled paddlers seeking waterborne sports cars for racing, exercise, or just plain fun.
Motorboats - Outboard
MIA
MIA is a 12 foot runabout, Her design is inspired by William Jackson's 1955 design for the 'Ace' which was produced by the Sande Boat Works between 1956 and 1962 (www.sandeace.com).This design differs from those of the period in that it is to be constructed i
Oar / Paddle
Egret: A Wetlands Punt
L.O.A. : 14'-9" - Beam 54"
For Rowing or Electric Outboard.
Sailboats - Cruising
Badger
Badger gained widespread fame as the subject of the book Voyaging On A Small Income. The concept of this design was to use the basic interior accommodation plan that worked so well on the 34′ Topsail Ketch Sunrise, which was evolved and improved on during the decade that I lived aboard her.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Meghan Sailing Skiff
Meghan has a constant deadrise V-bottom hull with a capacity of 1-2 passengers and features for & aft flotation chambers. Her rig consists of a 16ft free standing mast, 9′5″ wishbone boom and 65 square ft sail.
4.5m Bass Boat
This is a fast easy, light weight, modern bass boat. It is small by today's comercial standards but has all the modern features.
- Big flat casting decks
- Intergrated live bait tank
- Internal rod storage
- Removeble fuel tank
- High freeboard
Sailboats - Cruising
Day - Mower 25' Sea Bird Yawl
Oceangoing carvel-planked cruiser with a choice of centerboard or ballast keel configurations.
Construction: Carvel planked over sawn frames.
Alternative construction: Strip.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 7 sheets.
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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