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Oar / Paddle

Swamp Rat

Designer

Warren Jordan

An easily built ,attractive, plywood pirogue/canoe.

Oar / Paddle

Pulling Boat, LIZ

Designer

Ken Bassett

Elegant, high-performance, sliding-seat pulling boat designed to mitigate the speed-robbing pitching associated with some sliding-seat craft.
Construction: Lapstrake planked over steamed frames.
Alternative construction: Cold-molded, strip or glued lapstrake.

Sailboats - Cruising

29' Gartside Cutter

Designer

Paul Gartside

Displacing more than 18,000 lbs, this is a big 29′ boat. She has a set of lines you can fall in love with. Construction: Carvel-planked over laminated frames. Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip. Lofting is required. Plans include 5 sheets.

Sailboats - Daysailers

Siri

Designer

Doug Hylan

An 18' daysailer/beach cruiser available in multiple configurations: gaff sloop or balanced-lug yawl rig; traditional plank-on-frame, glued lapstrake, or cold-molded construction; keel or centerboard

Sailboats - Cruising

Cape Cutter 19

Designer

Dudley Dix

Cape Cutter 19 lapstrake plywood trailer-sailer

Clarence River Dory

Designer

John Welsford

Outboard motor workboat for 8 to 30 hp Shallow draft, high capacity, simple build.

Oar / Paddle

Mill Creek 16

Designer

Chesapeake Light Craft

The Mill Creek 16.5™ is enormously popular because it can be used in so many ways. Not only can you paddle it as a single or a double, but you can sail it, or add a sliding-seat rowing unit.

Motorboats - Outboard

Transport 9.9

Designer

Tracy O'Brien

The Headwater TRANSPORT 9.9 is an easily Car-Topped Pram Dinghy with a constant deadrise 10 deg. V-bottom Planing Hull with lifting chine strips. Bow and stern seats provide level flotation if the hull is swamped, and also provide dry storage if watertight closures are installed.

Steve Davis artwork of the Great Pyramid Rig.

Sailboats - Cruising

Sunrise

Designer

Jay Benford

Sunrise was my home for a decade. She has a typical New England Pinky hull with their extended bulwarks and mini-transom at their conclusion. She has comfortable accommodations for a couple to live aboard, with occasional guests.