VILA 650
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
VILA 650 is the biggest of the VILA family of three small planning cruisers.
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Oar / Paddle
Simon Watts Sea Urchin Dinghy
Designer
Sam Manning, Bill Nielsen, and Simon Watts
These handsome, practical row boats were routinely built by Nova Scotia shipwright, Jim Smith in six days, painted and ready for the water.
Sailboats - Cruising
SV14
Designer
Simonis-Voogd Design
S/V 14 designed by Simonis Voogd Design has been specifically created for sailors with disabilities. The E-book consists of 100 pages plan + videos, it is offered for free BUT, it must be for the benefit of the disabled community.
Motorboats - Outboard
Westport Skiff
Designer
Doug Hylan
A simple-to-build 11' skiff, can be built up to 18' long. Originally modeled by Fred Tripp and documented by R. H. Baker.
Oar / Paddle
Papoose
Designer
Warren Jordan
This charming addition to our cradle boat fleet is adapted from a type known as a pram. Prams have transoms at both bow and stern, and are used extensively as tenders for larger vessels because of their roominess in a relatively short length.
Sailboats - Cruising
22' 11" Yawl BLUE MOON
Designer
Thomas Gillmer
Comfortable round-bottomed ocean cruiser with carvel-planking and accommodations for two.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip
Lofting is required.
Plans include 9 sheets.
Great Alaskan
Designer
Brian Dixon / Glacier Boats of Alaska
The Great Alaskan is a very versatile inshore/offshore powerboat with a seaworthy semi-dory style hull. These fiberglass/wood stitch-n-tape boat plans give the builder the freedom to adapt the cuddy, pilothouse, and cockpit layout to his preference.
Sailboats - Daysailers
16' Perfect Skiff –Weld
Designer
Stephen Weld
The flat-bottomed skiff can be both the most and least refined craft afloat.Popular by their ease of construction.Construction: Plywood planking over bulkhead frames.Alternative construction: Cross-planked bottom, planked sides (details included).Lofting is required.Plans include 5 sheets, and in
Sailboats - Cruising
Kahuna Nui
Designer
Mark Smaalders
Kahuna Nui is intended for extended offshore cruising and living aboard. She is available as a sailing auxiliary or as a motorsailer with an enclosed pilothouse. She has a canoe hull for ease of construction, with a full keel for strength and security while cruising.
Strumpet
Designer
Jay Benford
Strumpet was designed for a very experienced yachtsman. He told us he wanted a boat based on the Scottish fishing trawlers distinctive double-ended hull forms for appearance and seaworthiness.
From the Community
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FREE 16' Thompson Brothers 1941 Snipe Class Day Sailer
PLEASE save our 94 year old Mother's beloved sailboat from the burn pile!
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Classic Staempfli Single Scull--1976
Iconic Spanish Cedar rowing shell for oarsman / oarswoman weighing up to 175 lbs is 25'-9" length
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MORNING SONG
MORNING SONG is the sistership to Lin and Larry Pardey's TALEISIN and was meticulously built by K
