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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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Sailboats - Cruising
Spray 52
Designer
Bruce Roberts
Spray 52 is available as a Wood / Epoxy plan and full size frame patterns.
Motorboats - Outboard
Lumber Yard Skiffs
Designer
Walter Baron
LYS stands for Lumber Yard Skiff. These rugged flat bottom work skiffs were originally designed to be built using materials readily found in most lumber yards- underlayment plywood and spruce framing.
Motorboats - Outboard
Westport Skiff
Designer
Doug Hylan
A simple-to-build 11' skiff, can be built up to 18' long. Originally modeled by Fred Tripp and documented by R. H. Baker.
PALOMA OPEN
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
PALOMA is a simple, traditional and versatile boat which has been designed in three versions, as a small cruiser, as an open daysailer and as a motorboat.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Navigator
Designer
John Welsford
Classic daysailing yacht of glued plywood lapstrake construction suitable for first time builders. Choice of sloop, yawl or lugsail rigs, carries up to six and is suitable for coastal cruising.
CLC Cradle Boat
Designer
John C. Harris
A perfect gift for the family's newest little boatbuilder, the CLC Cradle Boat is an ideal first stitch-and-glue project.
Sailboats - Racing
MAYDA 39
Designer
Luigi Consoli
Light displacement boat, that resume classic water lines into a modern conception.
Sailboats - Cruising
JUNIOR
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
JUNIOR, designed to compete in Diecipiedi (10 Foot) Class (www.diecipiedi.it), is norrower and therefore less stable than other boats but it is one of the fastest monohulls of the class.
From the Community
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BEN GARVEY SKIFF 14'4" by Hylan & Brown
14' 4" Ben Garvey Skiff designed by Doug Hylan and built by master boatbuilder Matt Elwell at Hyl
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Custom Mahogany Gentlemen's Racer
Custom 1998 Laminated Honduras Mahogany Gentlemen's Racer. 30'.
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