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Vik 100

Designer

Erik Lerouge

Family cruising catamaran

Motorboats - Outboard

28' Bermuda Runabout

Designer

Nelson Zimmer

The longest runabout we offer, this 28' high-speed, triple cockpit runabout will also require highly skilled builders, but oh, the rewards...

Construction: Battened-seam planking over sawn frames.

Lofting is required.

Plans include 3 sheets.

Sailboats - Daysailers

PIXIE, Beach Catamaran

Designer

Richard & Lilian Woods

A fast daysailer of stitch-and-glue plywood construction. Dismantles for cartopping. Deep V-hulls, no centerboard. Construction: Stitch-and-glue plywood over bulkhead frames. No lofting required. Plans include 3 sheets.

Sailboats - Cruising

FULL MOON 27

Designer

Iver Franzen

Based on Tom Gillmer and Iver Franzen’s New Moon (an enlargement on Gillmer’s Blue Moon), this sailing vessel is intended to be a stout, seaworthy, offshore-capable passagemaker, with an emphasis on the balance between comfortable sea-keeping and good sailing abilities.

Sailboats - Daysailers

23' Double Ended Sloop

Designer

Joel White

Speed, good looks, and comfortable seating were the designer's main criteria for this double-ended centerboard daysailer.

Construction: Cold-molded over strip-planked inner skin.

Alternative construction: Strip, carvel planked (transom stern).

Lofting is required.

Sailboats - Cruising

Alden 30' Keel -- Centerboard Sloop

Designer

John Alden

A wholesome auxiliary cruiser with accommodations for three. Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip. Lofting is required. Plans include 4 sheets.

Sailboats - Cruising

FireBug

Designer

John Spencer/Peter Tait

The FireBug is a small sailboat or yacht that you can amateur build at home, sailing club or school, then learn to sail. It's easy to sail and will be the fastest boat on the bay. Low cost too!

Oar / Paddle

Backsplash

Designer

Perttu Korhonen

Backsplash = backpack kayak.

Combine hiking and paddling
Go to fishing on remote lakes,
Build when storage space is limited.
Living on city? – take a boat on your back and walk to shore to for paddling?