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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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Motorboats - Outboard
Boat BW
The Boat BW is a trailerable plywood stitch-and-glue skiff. The outboard-powered modified-vee hull with lifting strakes provides an efficient hull that rises on to plane with little-to-no porpoising. The below-deck bulkheaded and sealed compartments provide superb secondary flotation.
Sailboats - Cruising
Pathfinder
Pathfinder is a big, classic, stable daysailer with space on board to set out two airbeds and sleeping bags on a flat floor, designed for home boatbuilders she is an exceptional performer under sail.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Catboat
In the winter of 2012 a very good friend leant me an old copy of Nautical Quarterly. An article about Catboats caught my attention — I was and still am taken by their beautiful lines.I decided to design one with the aim of building it in the summer.
Titicat
TITICAT is a 9-meter sailing catamaran designed with a modern style for the transport of tourists and to build in strip planking. It was designed to sail on Lake Titicaca (Bolivia).
Oar / Paddle
Wood Duck 10 Hybrid
The Wood Duck 10 Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck.
Oar / Paddle
Outboard Skiff, Sprite
An outboard skiff with a wide bottom and moderate rocker that contribute to stability and the ability to carry weight back aft.
- Construction: Cross-planked bottom, lapstrake sides
- Alternative construction: Plywood or glued-lapstrake plywood
- Lofting is required
Sailboats - Cruising
MANDOLINO DAY SAILER
MANDOLINO is an elegant, classical seaworthy small boat that we propose in two versions, one for day-sailing and one for cruising.
Oar / Paddle
Baby Tender II
Cradle Boat Baby Tender II, for the newborn sailor.
20' Spalding Utility Launch
Rugged little launch with generous beam.
Construction features a traditional backbone of bolted-up oak, steam-bent frames and strip-planking. Four different arrangements are shown.
Construction: Strip-planked over steam-bent frames.
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Arch Davis Jiffy V22 Skiff 2011
Arch Davis Jiffy V22 Skiff 2011. 8'-6 beam, meranti plywood, douglas fir framing, MAS expoxy.
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19' Hylan Big Ben Garvey (2012)
Designed by Doug Hylan and built by Geoff Kerr (Two Daughters Boatworks) in 2012, this particular
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1965 Chris-Craft Constellation — Major Professional Restoration (Partner or New Owner Wanted)
Over the past 20 years, I and a handful of remarkable shipwrights have completed a comprehensive
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Modified Wianno Senior Sailboat, Hull #1, Looking For a Good Home
First ever Wianno Senior (Crosby Boatyard) built - 1914 gaff rig keel boat, 25’ (27’ including bo