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Oar / Paddle

Swamp Rat

Designer

Warren Jordan

An easily built ,attractive, plywood pirogue/canoe.

Sailboats - Cruising

Sea Bright 18

Designer

Reuel B. Parker

SEA BRIGHT (MICROCRUISER) 18LOA: 18′ BEAM: 5′ 1″ DRAFT: 8 ½″WEIGHT: 350 to 500 lbs depending on construction & use.RIG: Ketch—Sprit main, balance jib and sprit mizzenTYPE: New Jersey Beach Skiff. Suitable for sailing and rowing with one or two oarsmen in the open ocean and coastal waters.

Sailboats - Cruising

15' RoG Micro-Cruiser

Designer

JF Bedard

An expedition micro that will accommodate 2 adults for a week-end or a single-hander for up to 5 days. Ability to take on some weather and deliver solid performance while doing so. For the crew: forgiving and predictable but fast & fun. Launch time should be kept to a minimum.

Oar / Paddle

16' 6" Resolute

Designer

Steve Killing

Developed in response to requests from heavier and wider paddlers who also wanted a shorter boat, this stable load carrier is excellent for the novice kayaker.

Marsh Hen

Designer

Doug Hylan

MARSH HEN offers seaworthy and seakindly performance, good speeds with modest horsepower, and handsome looks. Her plywood construction is more accessible to amateur builders.

Lobster Boat 26

Designer

Jacques Mertens

The Lobster Boat 26 (LB26) is a plan for amateur builders like no other!

Sailboats - Cruising

Babson 14

Designer

Tom Hill and Jon Wilson

Build the Babson 14 from scratch! Plans include three variations on the hull: sheet ply (like our kits), glue-lap-ply, power, suitable for up to a 2 horsepower outboard.Plans contain 16 sheets of drawings, full-sized mold patterns so no lofting is required (no offsets are included with the plans)

Sailboats - Daysailers

16' Quattro Catamaran

Designer

Richard and Lilian Woods

High performance beach cat which is striking to look at and exciting to sail. Well-detailed plans of simple and rugged stitch-and-glue plywood hulls.

Construction: Stitch-and-glue plywood over bulkhead frames.

No lofting is required.

Plans include 2 sheets.

Oar / Paddle

Selkie Kayak Kit

Designer

John Lockwood

The Selkie takes two of our most popular boats (The Arctic Tern 14 and the Murrelet) and marries them into one elegant, light weight boat that petite women, or those looking for a tight fitting play boat, will love.