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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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Sailboats - Cruising
BABY BAGGIE
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
BABY BAGGIE is quite long and difficult to build for its size (10 Foot) but has been designed mainly to satisfy the desire of having a small elegant boat.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Swifty 12
Designer
Fred Shell
The Swifty 12 is the most popular boat in the Shell Boats fleet, with several hundred built from our kits and plans. Docile and easily handled, the Swifty will plane on a reach in a good breeze, but you will have to work very hard to get it to capsize.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Siri
Designer
Doug Hylan
An 18' daysailer/beach cruiser available in multiple configurations: gaff sloop or balanced-lug yawl rig; traditional plank-on-frame, glued lapstrake, or cold-molded construction; keel or centerboard
Oar / Paddle
20' Bangor Packet
Designer
Joel White
Lightweight, reasonably seaworthy recreational single with a sliding seat and outriggers.
Construction: Cold molded
Lofting is required
Plans include 5 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
ROBERTS 19
Designer
Bruce Roberts-Goodson
Roberts 19 Trailerable gunkholing and coastal cruiser. Plans and full size frame patterns available for wood epoxy construction.
Motorboats - Outboard
Dillon Mini Vee Racing Outboard V-bottom
Designer
Robert Dillon
The Mini Vee is a simple-to-build v-bottom racing boat designed for APBA Mini GT and GT Pro racing. Also an excellent high-performance boat for the non-racer and a great boat building project for an individual or the whole family.
Oar / Paddle
Cradle boat "Joey"
Designer
Manta Marine Design
Nice little cradle boat with rocking option. For more information please visit the website and look under portfolio/small boats
Oar / Paddle
7' 7" Nutshell Rowing Kit
Designer
Joel White
Our pre-cut kits are cut by computer-guided routers to provide you with extremely accurate parts. And, the kits come with just about everything needed except the elbow grease.The ladder frame—the “foundation” of the boat—is included with the kit.
Oar / Paddle
Optimist Dinghy Template Plans
Designer
Clark Mills
If you are considering building a wood-epoxi Optimist dinghy, you will definitely need our Optimist Dinghy Template Plans.
From the Community
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DOUG HYLAN DESIGN 13' BEACH PEA
Built by professional Vermont furniture maker. In exceptional condition.
Classified
Venetian Gondola Wooden Boat 15'
This Venetian Gondola (K208) by Wooden Boat USA (2025) captures the elegance of traditional Venet
Boat Launchings
Boat Launchings
1885 cutter revival
This is the launch of my cutter based a design by C P Kunhardt from 1885.
From Online Exclusives
Whiskey Plank
