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Sailboats - Racing

Didi Mini

Designer

Dudley Dix

Didi Mini radius chine plywood Mini 650 racer

Sailboats - Cruising

Badger

Designer

Jay Benford

Badger gained widespread fame as the subject of the book Voyaging On A Small Income. The concept of this design was to use the basic interior accommodation plan that worked so well on the 34′ Topsail Ketch Sunrise, which was evolved and improved on during the decade that I lived aboard her.

Sailboats - Cruising

26' Sloop PILOT

Designer

George Stadel

A comfortable small cruising boat with berths for either two or four and an alternate schooner rig.

Construction: Carvel planking over steamed frames

Lofting is required.

Plans include 10 sheets.

Sailboats - Cruising

Kahuna

Designer

Mark Smaalders

Kahuna is a superb coastal and long-distance cruising boat, designed for modern wood/epoxy construction. The first boat was built in Australia, and several have been launched in the US. Others are under construction — in the US (New York) and in Europe (Italy, the UK and Russia).

Sailboats - Daysailers

Tammie Norrie

Designer

Iain Oughtred

Construction — Glued lapstrake clinker plywood. Alternative construction —Traditional plank, cold molded and strip plank. No Lofting required. Plans include 7 sheets with instructions. Sail Area — Lug 65 sq. ft. Sloop 84 sq. ft. Yawl 81 sq. ft.

Motorboats - Outboard

Mark V 28

Designer

Mark Van Abbema

The Mark V 28 is a trailerable 28 foot outboard powered houseboat

Oar / Paddle

7' 7" Nutshell Rowing Kit

Designer

Joel White

Our pre-cut kits are cut by computer-guided routers to provide you with extremely accurate parts. And, the kits come with just about everything needed except the elbow grease.The ladder frame—the “foundation” of the boat—is included with the kit.

Sailboats - Cruising

18' Swampscott, JOHN DORY

Designer

Iain Oughtred

A refinement of the traditional Swampscott working dory for recreational use.

Plans include nine different rigs.

Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood over sawn frames.

Alternative construction: Traditional dory construction.

No lofting required.

Sailboats - Racing

START 100

Designer

ACDesign

In line with the current standard projects, the Start 100 was born by the need to offer spacious interiors to cruisers not necessarily for long cruises in sheltered waters.The hull construction is made of longitudinal structure in mahogany khaya and okoumè for deck and interiors.The hull geometry