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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.
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Oar / Paddle
Strip Kayak SKIMALONG II
Designer
Paul Ford
A stable (28 1/2″ beam) strip-built touring kayak.
Planked up with 1/4″ cedar strips.
Construction: Strip planked.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 4 sheets.
Motorboats - Outboard
Silver 333
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
The SILVER 333 is a very small classical runabout for one or two people which may easily be transported on top of a mid-size car roof. Maximum suggested power of the motor is 15/20 HP, which is sufficient for planing.
Oar / Paddle
Jolly Boat Rocker
Designer
Warren Jordan
Jolly Boat is a rocking toy boat designed to provide years of make-believe nautical adventure for the young sailor, It is an adaptation of the classic flatiron skiff, a type that generations of “old salts” remember fondly as their first “real” boat.Jolly Boat has a length of 48″ and a beam of 23″
Oar / Paddle
microBootlegger
Designer
Nick Schade
A decked double paddle canoe reminiscent of mahogany runabouts
Oar / Paddle
Peace Canoe
Designer
John C. Harris
A great family boatbuilding project! Build it in a weekend from a kit, or build it from plans using local materials.
Oar / Paddle
Shearwater 16 Hybrid
Designer
Eric Schade
The Shearwater Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Whilly Tern
Designer
Iain Oughtred
Construction — Glued lapstrake clinker plywood. No Lofting required. Plans include 5 sheets with instructions. Sail Area — Lug 83 sq. ft. Sloop 95 sq. ft.
Sailboats - Cruising
20' Yawl, SALLEE ROVER
Designer
Samuel S. Crocker
A handy clipper-bowed centerboard yawl, this boat is a heavily built, smart sailor with sparten accommodations for two.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip
Lofting is required.
Plans include 6 sheets.
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FREE 16' Thompson Brothers 1941 Snipe Class Day Sailer
PLEASE save our 94 year old Mother's beloved sailboat from the burn pile!
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Classic Staempfli Single Scull--1976
Iconic Spanish Cedar rowing shell for oarsman / oarswoman weighing up to 175 lbs is 25'-9" length
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MORNING SONG
MORNING SONG is the sistership to Lin and Larry Pardey's TALEISIN and was meticulously built by K
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