Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan Hattie
A working Friendship Sloop, or Maine sloop-boat, documented by Martin C. Erismann at the turn of the century.
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A working Friendship Sloop, or Maine sloop-boat, documented by Martin C. Erismann at the turn of the century.
Based loosely on the Folkboat, this plywood lapstrake double-ender combines comforting rough-water ability, and good looks.
Construction: Lapstrake plywood over laminated frames.
Alternative construction: Traditional plank on frame, strip or cold-molded.
The Swifty 12 is the most popular boat in the Shell Boats fleet, with several hundred built from our kits and plans. Docile and easily handled, the Swifty will plane on a reach in a good breeze, but you will have to work very hard to get it to capsize.
Stitch & Glue Night Heron is at home out on the open water and exploring the shores of distant islands.
The “gozzo” is a traditional Italian fishing boat still very popular. With a length of 4 m our GOZZO 400 has the minimum size which allows to maintain all the advantages connected to this type of
The GYPSY 28 was the Woods Designs’ own cruising boat for five very successful years. It was designed as an easy-to-build budget ocean cruiser and many are now sailing in all corners of the world.
This 16 Talon is designed to give you more boat for less dollars! You will smile zooming over choppy waters with its smooth riding hull.
It’s hard to imagine you could make a nicer gift for your favorite munchkin. Created by Buckley Smith (author of Moonsailors) this animated rocking dory is oozing with personality.
D'ANNA is a 30' cold-molded evolution of the 29' Beals Island lobster boat, DIANA
A versatile 4-metre open utility / runabout for river and inland lake use, built in taped-seam plywood.
A blend of traditional New England and European launches with full displacement hull combined wit
Halsey Herreshoff designed this beautiful cat ketch built in 1982 with an all wood Honduran pin