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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
Swaggie
Designer
John Welsford
Small blue water cruiser with Junk rig, inside steering station, and accommodation for up to four persons.
Suitable for home boatbuilders, all wood construction, lead ballast cast in small pigs.
Sailboats - Cruising
Cape Henry 21
Designer
Dudley Dix
Cape Henry 21 lapstrake plywood trailer sailer
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan MADGE
Designer
George L. Watson
British plank-on-edge cutter designed by George L.
Oar / Paddle
Mill Creek 16.5 Hybrid
Designer
Chesapeake Light Craft
The Mill Creek 16.5 Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck to create a wonderful high volume tandem kayak
Motorboats - Outboard
World Boat Skiff 18
Designer
Jerry Caldwell
Design Specs:
Flat Bottom
Open Boat
LOA. 17′-3″ (5.2m)
Beam 6′ (1.8m)
Weight 450 lbs (204 kg)
Material Plywood, Hard Wood
Fiberglass, Other.
Recommended hp. 25
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
Sassafras 16
Designer
Chesapeake Light Craft
Like many traditional canoes, the Sassafras 16 is symmetrical, bow and stern. This allows a solo paddler to sit facing backwards on the forward seat for better trim. An elegant lapstrake canoe for two
Oar / Paddle
Shearwater 14 Hybrid
Designer
Eric Schade
The Shearwater Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck.
Oar / Paddle
DRIADE
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
DRIADE is a light and fast rowing boat, ideal for those who wish to train for rowing with a simpler, easier to handle and cheaper boat than the typical rowing skiff.
From the Community
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2025 Paul Gartside Custom 17' Electric Launch
A blend of traditional New England and European launches with full displacement hull combined wit
Classified
Swampscott Dory, 17'
Fiberglass bottom, trailer. Built in 2005 by Old Wharf Dory Company in Wellfleet, MA.
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