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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.
To refine your search of this directory, use quotation marks. If you search Nutshell Pram Kit, you’ll receive all the listings that include the words Nutshell, Pram, and Kit. To refine your search, enter “Nutshell Pram Kit”; you’ll then see only the results for Nutshell Pram kits.
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749 Results
Oar / Paddle
Matunuck Surf Kayak
Designer
Nick Schade
The Matunuck is a surf kayak designed by Nick Schade to be comparable with the best carbon-fiber surfyaks on the market.
Oar / Paddle
17' 6" RedBird
Designer
Ted Moores
This Bear Mountain design is an efficient wilderness canoe that has proven exceptionally seaworthy.
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan Hattie
Designer
Documented by Martin C. Erismann
A working Friendship Sloop, or Maine sloop-boat, documented by Martin C. Erismann at the turn of the century.
Sailboats - Racing
START 30
Designer
ACDesign
The plan has been designed according to the regulations of the class “10 feet”. So was born a simple, light and very fast plan.Start 30 has a double life.
Texas Sled 18
Designer
Jacques Mertens
The TX18 is an inverted vee boat, Hickman sled type designed for fishing the flats along the Gulf of Mexico or anywhere a shallow draft boat must go long distance in choppy seas.
Oar / Paddle
Chester Yawl
Designer
John C. Harris
Traditional "Whitehall" elegance in a stitch-and-glue kit. For casual single and tandem rowing, we do not believe there is a better build-your-own-boat kit than the Chester Yawl.
Motorboats - Inboard
Stella Rose 6.5′ Flat-Bottom
Designer
South Lakes Boat Co
Build Your Own Mini Electric Wooden Boat – Perfect for Intermediate-Level DIYers and Boat Enthusiasts
Check out detailed product demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEY7kIRA39c
Oar / Paddle
Rangeley Lake Boat
Designer
Michael Vermouth
Cedar strip rowboat kits:
A cedar strip version of the traditional Rangeley Lake boat, offsets from John Gardner.
From the Community
Classified
Classified
CLC Southwester Dory
Chesapeake Light craft Southwest Dory for Sale. Built from a kit in 2020.
Classified
32' 1945 Mt Desert Downeaster
32’ 1945 Mt Desert Downeaster, 318 gas engine that runs, has been on the hard for 10yrs +/-, she
Boat Launchings
Boat Launchings
James Lawley Yacht Tender
This boat was built from plans purchased from the museum at Mystic Conneticut. I named it JOYCE.
