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Clarence River Dory

Designer

John Welsford

Outboard motor workboat for 8 to 30 hp Shallow draft, high capacity, simple build.

Pemaquid Friendship Sloop

Designer

Drawings by Jay Hanna, original drawings by H.I. Chapelle

Round-bottomed, outside-ballasted cruiser with accommodations for two.Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames.Alternative construction: Strip.Lofting is required.Plans include 4 sheets.Please note: plans call for an engine long ago discontinued.You'll want to find a suitable alternative.

Sailboats

Origami 6 and 8 foot folding dinghy

Designer

woodenwidget

An easy to build, lightweight and well proven design which rows well and can even plane at speed of up to 14 knots! It can also be adapted to sail.

Woodenwidget plant 5 trees for every set of plans sold!

Sailboats - Cruising

Wittholz 35' Departure Class

Designer

Charles Wittholz

An oceangoing V-bottomed auxiliary with accommodations for four to six people.

Construction: Carvel planked over sawn frames.

Alternative construction: Plywood (plans included).

Lofting is required.

Plans include 15 sheets.

Sailboats - Cruising

37' 3" Yawl, Controversy 36

Designer

Mt. Desrt Yacht Yard

Designed for strip-planking, the Controversy 36 features light displacement and good headroom, with light and open space throughout.

Construction: Strip-planked over bulkheads and frames

Lofting is required.

Plans include 16 sheets.

Sailboats - Cruising

Petrel 28

Designer

Cristian Pilo

A smart sturdy fast paced cruiser; huge interiors for a 8.80 LOA boat, good performance under sail, a very good handling and seaworthy boat even in rough conditions; round hull construction in plywood & epoxy , plans are higly detailed and cover all aspect of building, available both in engli

Sailboats - Cruising

15' 8 OUGHTRED Stickleback Dory (Amberjack)

Designer

Iain Oughtred

Good dories have a reputation for being difficult to design but easy to build. Iain Oughtred has taken care of the hard work here-you can’t go wrong with his detailed plans for this lapstrake (plywood) Swampscott derivative.Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood over sawn frames.Alternative constr