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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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747 Results
Oar / Paddle
Wood Duck 10
Designer
Eric Schade
The Wood Duck 10 is a beautiful, easy to use recreational kayak - Here we have beautiful little kayak designed for just about everyone to enjoy on the water.
Sailboats - Cruising
22' 11" Yawl BLUE MOON
Designer
Thomas Gillmer
Comfortable round-bottomed ocean cruiser with carvel-planking and accommodations for two.
Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip
Lofting is required.
Plans include 9 sheets.
Sailboats - Daysailers
23' Double Ended Sloop
Designer
Joel White
Speed, good looks, and comfortable seating were the designer's main criteria for this double-ended centerboard daysailer.
Construction: Cold-molded over strip-planked inner skin.
Alternative construction: Strip, carvel planked (transom stern).
Lofting is required.
Sailboats - Cruising
Sandy
Designer
Mark Smaalders
Sandy is a husky centerboard cutter designed for extended coastal cruising in such areas as the east coasts of the U.S. or Australia, the Pacific Northwest, or Europe.
Oar / Paddle
15' 3" / 16' 2" Freedom Solo
Designer
Steve Killing
Freedom 15′3″ or 16′2″ — modern efficient pleasure canoe. The Freedom Solo is the result of a unique project initiated in the spring of 2006.
Sailboats - Cruising
BABY BAGGIE
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
BABY BAGGIE is quite long and difficult to build for its size (10 Foot) but has been designed mainly to satisfy the desire of having a small elegant boat.
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan Hattie
Designer
Documented by Martin C. Erismann
A working Friendship Sloop, or Maine sloop-boat, documented by Martin C. Erismann at the turn of the century.
From the Community
Classified
Classified
14' Oyster Sharpie - Howard Chapelle design
A classic boat built by the East End Classic Boat Society in Amagansett, NY in 2014.
Classified
Clark Craft Beauty, Lovingly Built
My dad, Gary Lorenz, made this handmade wood boat with a fiber-glassed hull himself, completing i
