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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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Sailboats - Cruising
15' 8 OUGHTRED Stickleback Dory (Amberjack)
Good dories have a reputation for being difficult to design but easy to build. Iain Oughtred has taken care of the hard work here-you can’t go wrong with his detailed plans for this lapstrake (plywood) Swampscott derivative.Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood over sawn frames.Alternative constr
CLC Cradle Boat
A perfect gift for the family's newest little boatbuilder, the CLC Cradle Boat is an ideal first stitch-and-glue project.
Sailboats - Cruising
Day - Mower 25' Sea Bird Yawl
Oceangoing carvel-planked cruiser with a choice of centerboard or ballast keel configurations.
Construction: Carvel planked over sawn frames.
Alternative construction: Strip.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 7 sheets.
Sailboats - Daysailers
13' 9" Willy Winship
Flat-bottomed sailing skiff. Plans options include cross-planked or plywood bottom.
Construction: Cross-planked bottom, lapstrake sides
Alternative constuction: Plywood, glued lapstrake plywood
Lofting is required
Plans include 4 sheets.
Sailboats - Racing
START 65
This is a boat simple to build, economical to use and that has a minimum of habitability and a lot of deck space for outdoor living.The construction method is the “stitch and paste” because of its small size.The hull is in CPM 10 mm thk.
Sailboats - Cruising
Goat Island Skiff
Fast / Lightweight / Easy-to-BuildSpecifications:
- LOA 15′ 6″
- LWL 14′ 9″
- Beam 5′
- Draft (board up/down) 4″/36″
- Depth amidships 20″
- Sail Area 105 (lug) 14 sf (sprit)
Flats Skiff 18
The Flats Stalker is a simple but rugged and easy to pole boat designed for hardcore skinny water sight fishing.
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.
Motorboats - Outboard
TOMBOLO 28
As featured in WoodenBoat issue #274, the Tombolo 28 is an iconic modern classic outboard-powered cruiser. The mission of the design dictates a maximum length under 30′ and a trailerable beam.
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2 boat dollies for sale
One is 42 x 96 inches for $125 the other is 62 x 92 inches for $175
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GERBER ALL-VARNISHED WOODEN SNIPE SAILBOAT 17' 300 lbs
Cedar plank and mahogany boat built in 1950 number 12021.
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"Piccolo" 12' 8" Sailing Canoe and Model
Piccolo model professionally built by George Bullitt.
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"ECHO" 1965 Friendship Sloop
"ECHO", Historic and gorgeous 1965 Friendship Sloop, FSS #54.