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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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16' San Juan Dory, Outboard
Designer
David Roberts
This rugged and able outboard-powered dory combines beauty with practicality and is easy to build.
Construction: Plywood planking over sawn frames.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 3 sheets.
Sailboats - Daysailers
16' Melonseed Skiff
Designer
Marc Barto
Lapstrake-plywood daysailer with a shapely wineglass transom, unstayed sprit rig, and wide, flat, keels for easy trailering.
Construction: Lapstrake plywood planking over steam bent frames.
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip.
No lofting is required.
Sailboats - Cruising
Donna
Designer
Jay Benford
This design has the same nice interior space layout as Badger, with the addition of quarter berths aft. For a family of four to live aboard, as has been done on one of the sisterships, this provides good separation of the sleeping spaces.
Sailboats - Cruising
Wynfall
Designer
Mark Smaalders
Wynfall is a small but capable cruising boat -- although only 26' long, she has a waterline of almost 24', and displaces 9500 lbs.
Motorboats - Outboard
16' Gentleman's Runabout
Designer
Nelson Zimmer & John Hacker
A low-power, moderate-speed inboard runabout for protected waters. Designed for sawn frames and batten-seam planking.Construction: Battened-seam planking over sawn frames. Lofting required. Plans include 5 sheets.Please note: the Westerbeke 26G engine spec’d in the plans is no longer manufactured
Sailboats - Daysailers
KIS 4.2S
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
We designed KIS dinghies in order to meet a very practical need of amateur boatbuilders.
Oar / Paddle
Breeze
Designer
Alex Bogdanov
“Breeze” is a 10′ (3m) double paddle canoe. Two sheets of plywood needed. Stitch and glue construction using 3″(75mm) fiberglass tape in epoxy for all seams inside and out. The deciding factors when designing the boat were mostly the same as with all my designs - seaworthiness and lightweight.
Smith Island Crab Skiff
Designer
Rick Loheed
The Chesapeake Bay is home to many wonderful work boats, one of the most unique is the tiny Smith Island Crab Skiff. Our team race boat the “Twisted Oyster”, built and raced by a consortium of three friends, has been very successful.
Fast Launch 26
Designer
Jacques Mertens
Commuter style launch with diesel inboard and a small cabin.
From the Community
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2018 Wooden Seaskiff
Custom built at Madisonville Maritime Museum. 2019 19' magic tilt galvanized trailer.
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Custom John Brooks 10' Rowing/Sailing Dinghy with Plexiglass Bottom
Custom row boat built by Brooks Boats in Mt. Desert, Maine.
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Wooden ElToro 8' pram
El Toro one design in nice shape. Go sailing or refinish for a showpiece.
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Fenwick Williams 18' Catboat Alden No. 838 with Tender and Brand New Trailer
1958 Fenwick Williams 18' wooden catboat with tender and new 2023 galvanized trailer with stainle
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