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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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Motorboats - Outboard
Talon 11' by Anders Boats
Our Talon Series boats are designed to handle good seas with speed and comfort. We use a 30 degree dead rise found on production speed boats to make a soft ride.
Start Building ... Get Floating!!
Oar / Paddle
"Happy Hour" - 9'(2.80m) Fishing Kayak
This design was inspired by Ross Lillistone’s “Water Rat”. The bow transom was replaced by a pointed stem. Also the internal volume and from there the displacement of the boat were increased by about 20%. Changes were made to the seating arrangement as well.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Janette
Harbor Woodworks offers custom kits and boats, tailored to your specifications and level of completion. We ship to the U.S.
Oar / Paddle
Petrel Play
Paddlers are demanding versatility AND performance from their sea kayaks these days. Little by little, designers like Nick Schade are squeezing huge performance out of compact dimensions.The Petrel Play is just 14 feet long, a length once reserved for recreational kayaks.
Motorboats - Outboard
Rustica 570
Rustica 570 is a cabin motor boat ideal for coastal cruising and camping. It’s particularly suitable for river tourism in protected waters. The shallow V hull, semi-displacement, is designed for an outboard motor hosted inside the cockpit with a power range between 10 HP and 15 HP.
Oar / Paddle
Long Lake
Light and fast, a 20' tortured plywood, decked dayboat: both a double kayak and a single scull in one hull. Her 'midship' section is similar to Aleut kayaks.
Oar / Paddle
Noank Pulling Boat
The Noank Pulling Boat is an 18′ x 36″ [5.5m x 91cm] sliding seat rowing boat suitable for open water travel.
Oar / Paddle
Ammassalik 180
Come experience the nuances of this East Greenland design.
The Ammassalik 180 is a true representations of the East Greenland design.
18' 6" Redwing
Redwing- a gentle, shoal-draft, low-powered
(5 to 10-hp), sheet-plywood outboard cruiser - can live on her trailer.
Whenever you wish, she'll be ready to go exploring.
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Laurent Giles Wanderer III
Believe to be second hull built to the design after the Hiscock’s first circumnavigation, launche
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1938 Hinkley Islander Sparkman & Stephen’s design $20,000 or best offer
1938 Hinkley Islander Sparkman & Stephen’s design.
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AURA III, 1986 custom built Covey Island yawl READY TO SAIL AWAY ON HER NEXT ADVENTURE!
Custom built cruising sailboat constructed with a 1 1/8″ thick spruce, edge nailed, strip-planked
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18' 5" Port Townsend Skiff, 'Mojo'
A kit boat from Russell Brown’s Port Townsend Watercraft, designed by Bieker Boats.