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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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To refine your search, add quote marks. If you search Nutshell Pram Kit, you will get all the listings which include Nutshell, Pram, and Kit. To refine, search “Nutshell Pram Kit” and you’ll see just Nutshell Pram Kit results.
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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
Sparrow Hawk
Designer
Mark Rogers
The Sparrow Hawk is proportionally downsized for the smaller paddler.
Sailboats - Cruising
Wittholz 11' Dinghy
Designer
Charles Wittholz
Beamy yet fine-lined rowing/sailing boat designed for lightweight construction.
Construction: Cold-molded.
Lofting is optional.
Plans include 5 sheets.
Sharpie Cat 42
Designer
Reuel B. Parker
The Sharpie Cat 42 is a new catamaran design from a regular WoodenBoat contributor, author and marine architect Reuel B. Parker. She is a fast cruising cat with accommodations for eight in four cabins.
Oar / Paddle
Norwegian Sailing Pram
Designer
Simon Watts
Simon found an older version of this boat back in the eighties and realized that its thousand-year-old design could be copied and preserved without too much difficulty. He measured it out in ’89 and Bill Nielsen lofted it and drew up the plans in ’91.
Motorboats - Outboard
12' Flat Pack Utility
Designer
Colin Wood
An easy-to-build boat designed to ship as a kit in a flat pack box. Everything needed to complete the boat, except the motor, is included in the kit.
Oar / Paddle
Sea Otter
Designer
Bray Yacht Design And Research Ltd.
Sea Otter was designed for an adult night school class I was teaching in boat building, in which nine boats were built at one time. Actually the principles of construction used in Sea Otter are the same as used in many of our larger designs.
Oar / Paddle
Night Heron
Designer
Nick Schade
An Inuit inspired strip planked sea kayak. Fast, efficient and responsive. A graceful design that paddles beautifully
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"SHADOWFOX" 31' Ocean crossing cruiser
"SHADOWFOX" 31' Ocean crossing cruiser ready to set sail!
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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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