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Sailboats - Racing

FALCO

Designer

eric mcnicholl

FALCO singlehanded skiff

Oar / Paddle

Chesapeake 18

Designer

Chesapeake Light Craft

The Chesapeake touring kayaks are icons in the sea kayaking world. Built in the thousands in dozens of countries around the world, the Chesapeakes are solid-tracking, comfortable kayaks.

Sailboats - Cruising

18' Swampscott, JOHN DORY

Designer

Iain Oughtred

A refinement of the traditional Swampscott working dory for recreational use.

Plans include nine different rigs.

Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood over sawn frames.

Alternative construction: Traditional dory construction.

No lofting required.

Sailboats - Daysailers

16' Quattro Catamaran

Designer

Richard and Lilian Woods

High performance beach cat which is striking to look at and exciting to sail. Well-detailed plans of simple and rugged stitch-and-glue plywood hulls.

Construction: Stitch-and-glue plywood over bulkhead frames.

No lofting is required.

Plans include 2 sheets.

L20 Trimaran

Designer

Lorenzo B. Acompañado II

A modern iteration of Philippine double outrigger canoe. Adapting to present-day construction method, the wooden facetted hull still has the silhouette of the Austronesian “Bangka”.

WP 500

Designer

Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa

The recent America’s Cup has proven what is the potential of fast acceleration with a trimaran hull “piercing bow,” that is designed to penetrate the wave and not to float on the waves. Beyond the result the difference in behavior between Oracle and Alinghi was bright watching the races.

Sailboats - Daysailers

Skerrieskiff 15'

Designer

Iain Oughtred

Construction - Glued lapstrake clinker plywood.
No Lofting required.
Plans include 5 sheets with instructions.
Sail Area - 60 sq. ft.

Oar / Paddle

Seagull

Designer

John Welsford

Simple sheet plywood sports rowing boat, stitch and tape construction. As easy to build as it gets!

Sailboats - Cruising

Half Model Plan PETREL

Designer

John Hyslop

Cutter designed by John Hyslop in 1876. An early combination of English and American ideas, PETREL was designed according to the wave form theory.You’ll receive 2 pages of plans historical information about the boat and step-by-step instructions for half-hull building,using the lift method.The pl