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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.
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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Sailboats - Cruising
DP 14'
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
The main priorities which lie at the base of the DP 14' design are: simplicity of construction, user friendliness (for single or double crew) and good performance - all of this with reasonable costs.
Oar / Paddle
Fox Decked Double Paddle Canoe
Designer
Bill Thomas
Fox offers a near perfect blend of stability, versatility, performance and good looks on the water. She is a double-paddle boat suitable for camping expeditions or family outings and day trips.
Point Comfort 18
Designer
Doug Hylan
Here is another little skiff inspired by a Chesapeake Bay working craft.
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.
Oar / Paddle
Baby Tender
Designer
Warren Jordan
The cradle boat Baby Tender is an adaptation of the classic yacht tender carried aboard many of the finest yachts during the time when wooden boatbuilding was truly an art. The boat has a length of 45 in. and a beam of 22 in.
Sailboats - Cruising
ALBATROS 26’
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
ALBATROS 26’ is the smallest sister of the ALBATROS family, our modern classic yachts. Far its size it cannot be defined a “blue water yacht” but it is a seaworthy boat.
4.5m Bass Boat
Designer
Shayne Young
This is a fast easy, light weight, modern bass boat. It is small by today's comercial standards but has all the modern features.
- Big flat casting decks
- Intergrated live bait tank
- Internal rod storage
- Removeble fuel tank
- High freeboard
From the Community
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Classified
"SHADOWFOX" 31' Ocean crossing cruiser
"SHADOWFOX" 31' Ocean crossing cruiser ready to set sail!
Classified
30' BOLGER CAT-YAWL
Designed for us by Phil Bolger, Willow is a shallow draft (2’), leeboard cat-yawl launched in 199
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