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Motorboats - Inboard

TRAWLER YACHT 585

Designer

Bruce Roberts

TRAWLER YACHT 585

MAC 75 wa

Designer

ACDesign

The MAC 75 wa is a fast fishing boat easy to build.

Oar / Paddle

Echo Bay Dory Skiff

Designer

Clint Chase / Chase Small Craft

Fun / Lightweight / Simple & ClassicSpecifications:

LOA 11′ 7″
LWL 8′ 6″
Beam 48 3/4″
Draft (board up/down) 5″/27″
Depth amidships 14 1/2″
Sail Area 50 (lug) 45 sf (sprit)

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Oar & Paddle

Woodenwidget Foldak 12 foot folding kayak

Designer

woodenwidget

Woodenwidget folding 12 foot kayak. Folding to just a few inches in moments. All the parts remain attached to the boat so you won't arrive at the water missing any vital parts. Tracks well, stable and buoyant. Easy to build. The drop down floors ensure you never get a wet bottom.

Sailboats - Daysailers

Exploration Ketch Tern

Designer

Tad Roberts

Tern is a lengthened (to 23'9') version of my earlier 20' design Ratty.

Sailboats - Cruising

25' 9" Lubec Boat

Designer

Brewer, Wallstrom and Assoc.

A double-ended boat legendary for its sea keeping abilities. These plans provide very complete drawings covering everything from backbone to masthead. Construction: Strip-planked over steam-bent frames. Alternative construction: Carvel or cold-molded. Lofting is required.

CLC Cradle Boat

Designer

John C. Harris

A perfect gift for the family's newest little boatbuilder, the CLC Cradle Boat is an ideal first stitch-and-glue project.

Sailboats - Cruising

Badger

Designer

Jay Benford

Badger gained widespread fame as the subject of the book Voyaging On A Small Income. The concept of this design was to use the basic interior accommodation plan that worked so well on the 34′ Topsail Ketch Sunrise, which was evolved and improved on during the decade that I lived aboard her.

Oar / Paddle

Trixie

Designer

Andrew Walters

“Trixie” began as an idea for a small and simple to build plywood tender, able to get out to a mooring with two or three on board, that was very light, incorporated wheels to enable transport to the slipway, was designed to provide the maximum space from two sheets of 1/4″ plywood, and could be p