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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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Sailboats - Daysailers
13' 9" Willy Winship
Designer
John Atkin
Flat-bottomed sailing skiff. Plans options include cross-planked or plywood bottom.
Construction: Cross-planked bottom, lapstrake sides
Alternative constuction: Plywood, glued lapstrake plywood
Lofting is required
Plans include 4 sheets.
Motorboats - Outboard
Sportfish 570
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
The design of Sportfish 570 comes from a collaboration with a Senegalese society, with the aim of creating fishing vessels for inland waters of modern conception.
Sailboats - Racing
Simon Watts International 14
Designer
Simon Watts
The time of England’s racing dinghies was dominated by Uffa Fox’s boat the “Alarm”. Simon's take on the expert design is a tribute to an age of lightning-quick wooden racing boats.
Sailboats - Cruising
14' Maine Coast Peapod
Designer
Joel White
Full-sized patterns for molds, so lofting is not required. Construction: Carvel-planked over steamed frames. Alternative construction: Lapstrake or strip. Plans include 4 sheets.
Motorboats - Outboard
Dillon Mini Vee Racing Outboard V-bottom
Designer
Robert Dillon
The Mini Vee is a simple-to-build v-bottom racing boat designed for APBA Mini GT and GT Pro racing. Also an excellent high-performance boat for the non-racer and a great boat building project for an individual or the whole family.
Oar / Paddle
"Colibri" - 7.5'(2.30m) General Purpose Dinghy
Designer
Alex Bogdanov
This small dinghy can be used for fishing, pleasure rowing or as a tender for a bigger yacht. It can also be fitted with a small outboard motor. The boat has a relatively high freeboard and can take a fair amount of load. It handles very well small waves or wake caused by powerboats.
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.
Motorboats - Outboard
Riva Scoiattolo
Designer
Classic Wooden boat Plans-Riva 1953 original paper plans
At 14 feet this is Riva’s only outboard powered design. Originally designed in the 1950s, only some 150 were ever produced.
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Thames River Skiff
Thames River racing skiff converted to expedition style rowing boat. Built 1900-1918 by E.
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17' Cape Split Peapod and Trailex trailer
KESA is a modern 17' LOA Cape Split peapod based on the Cape Split peapod design at Mystic Seapor
Boat Launchings
Boat Launchings
Re- Launching 1941 Herreshoff 12 1/2
This original Herreshoff 12 1/2 was one of the last to come off the line of Herreshoff Manufactur
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