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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
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.
Oar / Paddle
Sassafras 12
An ultralight solo pack canoe weighing in at 26 lbs. Carry the boat in one hand, your paddle in the other.
Sailboats - Cruising
Guillemot
Construction: Glued lapstrake clinker plywood. Alternative construction: Traditional plank, cold molded and strip plank.
Sail Area: Lug 62 sq. ft.
Gunter sloop 72 sq. ft.
No Lofting required.
Plans include 6 sheets.
Sailboats - Cruising
32' MYSTIC Sharpie Ketch
This 32′ double-ended sharpie ketch will provide the amateur builder with a shoal-draft cruising boat of simple construction.
Construction: Plywood planking over sawn frames.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 4 sheets.
Sailboats - Racing
START 80
This boat, with a LOA of 8 mt,develops an internal volume such as to allow 6 crew members a sailing cruise.The hull lines and deck lines are to corner for simplicity of construction, and are harmonized with the hull volume.
Sailboats - Cruising
Schooner JACK EVERYMAN
This schooner is intended as a comfortable cruising yacht for a couple with occasional guests, and to be of simple construction so that Jack everyman can build it. It has a twin keel / centreline rudder configuration.
Sailboats - Cruising
i550
The i550 is a fast modern sharpie type hull shape owing its roots to the historic sharpies of Long Island Sound. The sharpies were known for their speed and seaworthiness, the i550 picks up where they left off.
Sailboats - Daysailers
19' 6" Caledonia Yawl
Derived from traditional Norwegian small craft, this handsome double-ender performs as well as a daysailer and beach cruiser.
Clean, frameless, glued-lapstrake plywood hull means, easy construction, happy trailering, and low maintenance.
Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood.
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Ed Monk Sloop
Built in 1940 by Ira Hall in Seattle. Ed Monk design. 22' loa and 20' on deck.
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26ft Maurice Griffiths 'Athene' design sailing boat
Tegolin is a 26ft Maurice Griffiths 'Athene' design with triple keels and 3ft draft.
Classified
Adirondack boat- 3' beam
Adirondack boat- 3' beam, shallow draft, approximately 70lbs, cedar strip, maple oars, epoxy shel