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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.
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749 Results
Oar / Paddle
Shearwater 16 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.
Motorboats - Inboard
Passagemaker Lite 39
Designer
Tad Roberts
A flush decked single engine ocean cruiser for round bottom sheathed strip or multi-chine aluminum construction.
Sailboats - Daysailers
18' 8" Mackinaw
Designer
Nelson Zimmer
An open shoal-draft centerboarder suitable for rowing, daysailing, or coastal cruising.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames
Alternative construction: Lapstrake, strip, or cold-molded
Lofting is required
Plans include 3 sheets.
Motorboats - Outboard
SILVER 45
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
SILVER 45 is a very classical small runabout capable of planing at full charge with a 25 to 40 HP outboard engine.
Tolman Skiff
Designer
Renn Tolman
The Tolman Skiff has a Dory heritage with a “V” bottom and was designed to handle the inland and open waters of Alaska and is a very capable ocean skiff.
Oar / Paddle
Solo Packette
Designer
Trevor Paetkau
The Solo Packette is designed for those searching for pack canoe that they can carry to even through the most difficult approaches.
Flats Skiff 18
Designer
Jacques Mertens
The Flats Stalker is a simple but rugged and easy to pole boat designed for hardcore skinny water sight fishing.
Sailboats - Daysailers
16' Melonseed Skiff
Designer
Marc Barto
Lapstrake-plywood daysailer with a shapely wineglass transom, unstayed sprit rig, and wide, flat, keels for easy trailering.
Construction: Lapstrake plywood planking over steam bent frames.
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip.
No lofting is required.
Oar / Paddle
Simon Watts Sea Urchin Dinghy
Designer
Sam Manning, Bill Nielsen, and Simon Watts
These handsome, practical row boats were routinely built by Nova Scotia shipwright, Jim Smith in six days, painted and ready for the water.
From the Community
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DOUG HYLAN DESIGN 13' BEACH PEA
Built by professional Vermont furniture maker. In exceptional condition.
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Venetian Gondola Wooden Boat 15'
This Venetian Gondola (K208) by Wooden Boat USA (2025) captures the elegance of traditional Venet
