Plans & Kits

17'
Plan #400-141

The M-Yak 500 is a sleek and fast sit-on-top kayak for one or two paddlers that can easily built in stitch-and-glue.The 4′-2″ long open cockpit offers enough space for two average sized paddlers.

The Merlin Rocket is one of the UK’s premier 2 person racing dinghies.After nearly 70 years and 3750 boats built, the Merlin Rocket racing dinghy continues to develop and evolve.

Beamy yet fine-lined rowing/sailing boat designed for lightweight construction.

Construction: Cold-molded.

Lofting is optional.

Plans include 5 sheets.

A versatile half-canopy launch, offering many internal layout options. She is especially suited for employment as a personnel launch or commercial fisherman/crabber; or maybe just a family launch.

A refinement of the traditional Swampscott working dory for recreational use.

Plans include nine different rigs.

Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood over sawn frames.

Alternative construction: Traditional dory construction.

No lofting required.

“Breeze” is a 10′ (3m) double paddle canoe. Two sheets of plywood needed. Stitch and glue construction using 3″(75mm) fiberglass tape in epoxy for all seams inside and out. The deciding factors when designing the boat were mostly the same as with all my designs - seaworthiness and lightweight.

Hyak is a single kayak designed for multi-day excursions and recreational racing.

Footloose combinines the traditional lines and salty looks of the classic flatty skiff, with the ease of building and seamless integrity of plywood construction for unclomplicated boating.

Construction — Glued lapstrake clinker plywood. No Lofting required. Plans include 5 sheets with instructions. Sail Area — Lug 83 sq. ft. Sloop 95 sq. ft.