Plans & Kits

Dixi Dinghy plywood 3:1 dinghy

An easy-to-build boat designed to ship as a kit in a flat pack box. Everything needed to complete the boat, except the motor, is included in the kit.

PUCK 550 REGATA has been designed with the intention of creating a MICRO CLASS easily and quickly realizable with the stitch and glue method, but able to compete seriously in the class.

The PUCK reflects the spirit of the original class which was to create a boat used in regattas but also suitable for coastal cruising, easy to carry and inexpensive.

I originally designed this kayak for a customer with a lake house in Wisconsin. He is a fit, athletic guy with almost no experience in a kayak. He wanted something he felt comfortable in, yet which would move along nicely.

17′ CENTER-CONSOLE FLATS FISHERMANL.O.A.: 16′ 10″L.W.L.: 15′ 1″BEAM: 6′ 5″RAFT: 9 3/4″ Static, LadenSUGGESTED POWER—25 to 75 HPTYPE: Tropical and sub-tropical flats fisherman/guide boat, especially suited for bone fish, tarpon and permit fishing in the very shallow sand flats of the Florida Keys

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.

A series of Catamaran Houseboats/canal boats has been designed with electric propulsion.

The boats have been designed to meet dimensional restrictions of the french canal waterways, however the design can be easily adapted to other inland waterway requirements.

An easily built ,attractive, plywood pirogue/canoe.

Rugged little launch with generous beam.

Construction features a traditional backbone of bolted-up oak, steam-bent frames and strip-planking. Four different arrangements are shown.

Construction: Strip-planked over steam-bent frames.