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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
Seaclipper 10
This 10′ long solo trainer and harbor racer is fun for the entire family. The crew sits in a secure cockpit, steering with foot pedals, with all sail controls arranged on a dashboard, close at hand. Performance is lively, with good steering control in a comfortable, forward facing, semi-reclini
Sailboats - Cruising
Simplicity 35
A 35' centerboard cruising boat designed for long-distance cruising and living aboard. Simplicity’s raised deck and 11’ beam result in a spacious interior, with standing headroom throughout. Construction is plywood over plywood bulkheads and frames.
Sailboats - Racing
Viola 14 Sailing Canoe. Dinghy stability with canoe compactness
The idea was a boat that handles like a good racing dinghy, but is much easier to store and transport. Rooftop.
Oar / Paddle
NEREIDE
NEREIDE is the classical canoe used on lakes or rivers of North America. For the last two centuries it has been built with very slight differences in shape, which is in itself a guarantee of quality.
W17
This is an ultra efficient, modern folding trimaran design with advanced features not found elsewhere.
Oar / Paddle
Shearwater 16 Hybrid
The Shearwater Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck.
Sailboats - Cruising
MINUETTO CRUISER
MINUETTO CRUISER is the moderate version of a Mini Transat. Even if designed according to the class rules it has no ambition to compete but is just a fast and safe day-cruiser.
Oar / Paddle
Skana
Skana is a single cockpit, wood strip kayak designed for multi-day use. The design is 17'4 in LOA with a max beam of 24". It has moderate rocker with average volume.
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Ed Monk Sloop
Built in 1940 by Ira Hall in Seattle. Ed Monk design. 22' loa and 20' on deck.
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26ft Maurice Griffiths 'Athene' design sailing boat
Tegolin is a 26ft Maurice Griffiths 'Athene' design with triple keels and 3ft draft.
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Adirondack boat- 3' beam
Adirondack boat- 3' beam, shallow draft, approximately 70lbs, cedar strip, maple oars, epoxy shel