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Oar / Paddle

Chesapeake Sea Kayak

Designer

Chris Kulczycki

17'
Plan #400-141

Kitty Hawk 18

Designer

Timm Smith

A small Carolina-Style center console fishing 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.

Oar / Paddle

SIRENETTA

Designer

Paolo Lodigiani

SIRENETTA is a mini kayak conceived for young people, but it may be used also by adults. The flat bottom and the reasonably large beam make it safe and suitable for beginner canoeists.

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

Sailboats - Cruising

Haka 140

Designer

Erik Lerouge

Shoal-draft voyager

Oar / Paddle

Sandy Point Boat Works Whitehall 14

Designer

Sandy Point Boat Works

This 14′ pulling boat was inspired by the Typical Whitehall Designs uses as work boats of the harbors of New York a century ago. Altered to be more of a recreational boat, you will find that pulling the oars on this boat is a delight.

Motorboats - Outboard

Olga 28

Designer

Mark Smaalders

The Olga 28 is a trailerable power cruiser constructed with plywood and epoxy. The design was inspired by the classic power boats of the Pacific Northwest, while her construction takes advantage of modern materials to produce a lightweight, easily maintained boat.

Motorboats - Outboard

Zipper

Designer

Andrew Walters

Zipper is an 11 foot runabout based on designs of the 1950’s for Class ‘B’ stock utility racing boats by Hal Kelly and William Jackson.This design differs from those of the period in that it is to be constructed in the 'Instant Boat' method using glass fiber and polyester or epoxy resins to make