Plans & Kits

Shoal-draft voyager

A fast and able auxiliary cruiser with wheel steering and accommodations for three.

Construction: Carvel Planked over steamed frames.

Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip.

Lofting is required.

Plans include 5 sheets.

Built by eye in the Bahamas for the last 40 years, Doug Hylan’s drawings allow for strip-planking or cold-molding.Construction: Strip-planked over laminated frames.Alternative construction: Cold-molded, plans included.Lofting is required.Plans include 6 sheets.

The Northeaster Dory is small enough to be rowed singly, but big enough for tandem rowing with two adults. Even four adults have comfortable seating. Performance rowers may add a sliding seat.

A Visayan sailing outrigger of Sulu sea, Philippines. An ancient but complex watercraft that is ubiquitous to this island nation. Sailing the exotic patriarch of multihull tribe is a different adventure that you would like to do.

The Duo is a simple to build 3m (10ft) hard chine rowing and sailing dinghy that can be built from just two sheets of 4mm (3/16in) plywood. It is also available as a nesting dinghy, so it can be stored on a cabin roof or even in the back of a car.

SPHERA is a simple cruising boat, studied for the maximum ease of construction in relation to its size.

Caprice is a Mini Offshore Cruiser for two.

Built with double sawn frames and strip plank, this little gaff cutter is designed for long term cruising.

Our version of the Optimist Pram, the "Club Racer"

ZEN is a very simple 10 Foot boat (www.diecipiedi.it) particularly narrow and therefore unstable. It is not the right boat for a beginner but, in the hands of a good helmsman, it may be fast.