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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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749 Results
Oar / Paddle
microBootlegger
Designer
Nick Schade
A decked double paddle canoe reminiscent of mahogany runabouts
Sailboats - Cruising
24' 8" Skipjack, CALICO JACK
Designer
Joseph Gregory
A shoal-draft, two-sail bateau from the Chesapeake - comfortable cruising for a couple and a daysailing party.
Construction: Traditional Chesapeake bateau construction.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 7 sheets.
Motorboats - Outboard
Tolman Skiff Jumbo
Designer
Renn Tolman
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.
20' Spalding Utility Launch
Designer
Eliot Spalding
Rugged little launch with generous beam.
Construction features a traditional backbone of bolted-up oak, steam-bent frames and strip-planking. Four different arrangements are shown.
Construction: Strip-planked over steam-bent frames.
Sailboats - Cruising
GIORMAX
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
Even if it does not show, GIORMAX is a classical boat as it is a replica of an Italian boat which was popular in the nineteen-thirties.
Sailboats - Cruising
Sandy
Designer
Mark Smaalders
Sandy is a husky centerboard cutter designed for extended coastal cruising in such areas as the east coasts of the U.S. or Australia, the Pacific Northwest, or Europe.
Motorboats - Outboard
Tolman Skiff Widebody
Designer
Renn Tolman
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.
Sailboats - Daysailers
KIS 4.2S
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
We designed KIS dinghies in order to meet a very practical need of amateur boatbuilders.
From the Community
Classified
Classified
"SHADOWFOX" 31' Ocean crossing cruiser
"SHADOWFOX" 31' Ocean crossing cruiser ready to set sail!
Classified
30' BOLGER CAT-YAWL
Designed for us by Phil Bolger, Willow is a shallow draft (2’), leeboard cat-yawl launched in 199
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Whiskey Plank
