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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To refine your search, add quote marks. If you search Nutshell Pram Kit, you will get all the listings which include Nutshell, Pram, and Kit. To refine, search “Nutshell Pram Kit” and you’ll see just Nutshell Pram Kit results.

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Sailboats - Cruising

HAKA 105

Designer

Erik Lerouge

Minimum size ocean voyager

Sailboats - Cruising

24' 9" Canoe Yawl WENDA

Designer

Albert Strange

A charming, shoal-draft, carvel-planked cruiser for two.Wenda possesses a timeless elegance.She’ll work her magic in the 21st century as she did in the 19th.Construction: Carvel planking over steamed frames.Alternative construction: Cold-molded or lapstrake plywood.Lofting is required.Plans inclu

Sailboats - Daysailers

Siri

Designer

Doug Hylan

An 18' daysailer/beach cruiser available in multiple configurations: gaff sloop or balanced-lug yawl rig; traditional plank-on-frame, glued lapstrake, or cold-molded construction; keel or centerboard

Newport Runabout

Designer

Nelson Zimmer

This runabout reveals the influence of Zimmer’s association with John Hacker, and will require expert boatbuilders.Construction: Batten-seam planking over sawn frames.Lofting is required.Plans include 4 sheets.

Motorboats - Outboard

Deep V Inboard - Donzi Inspired

Designer

Classic Wooden Boat Plans

Based on the Donzi Sweet 16, this little treasure boasts a generous deep V at the transom allowing for smoother running and bad weather handling.

Sailboats - Cruising

Goat Island Skiff

Designer

Michael Storer

The Goat has become known worldwide for being a simple to build and simple to sail that delivers.

Oar / Paddle

Seagull

Designer

John Welsford

Simple sheet plywood sports rowing boat, stitch and tape construction. As easy to build as it gets!

Oar / Paddle

Papoose

Designer

Warren Jordan

This charming addition to our cradle boat fleet is adapted from a type known as a pram. Prams have transoms at both bow and stern, and are used extensively as tenders for larger vessels because of their roominess in a relatively short length.

Motorboats - Outboard

Bowler

Designer

Doug Hylan

Thank you for considering my plans for BOWLER, a “cruising” version of my TOP HAT launch. These boats are descended from Harry Bryan’s inspired Handy Billy design, which in turn can trace it’s origins back to William Hand's vee bottom designs from the early 20th century.

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.