Plans & Kits

The Lobster Boat 26 (LB26) is a plan for amateur builders like no other!

Simon found an older version of this boat back in the eighties and realized that its thousand-year-old design could be copied and preserved without too much difficulty. He measured it out in ’89 and Bill Nielsen lofted it and drew up the plans in ’91.

Feel the difference a proportionally correct sized kayak can make in your paddling enjoyment.

Wide, shallow racing sloop designed by Cornelius Gorman in 1878.

The Osprey 18 is a simple, lightweight flats skiff.

An outboard skiff with a wide bottom and moderate rocker that contribute to stability and the ability to carry weight back aft.
Construction: Cross-planked bottom, lapstrake sides

Alternative construction: Plywood or glued-lapstrake plywood

Lofting is required

Glued-lap plywood rowing or sailing tender with plenty of capacity.

Construction: Glued lapstrake plywood.

No lofting required.

Plans include 8 sheets.

Speed, good looks, and comfortable seating were the designer's main criteria for this double-ended centerboard daysailer.

Construction: Cold-molded over strip-planked inner skin.

Alternative construction: Strip, carvel planked (transom stern).

Lofting is required.

In the winter of 2012 a very good friend leant me an old copy of Nautical Quarterly. An article about Catboats caught my attention — I was and still am taken by their beautiful lines.I decided to design one with the aim of building it in the summer.

Cutter designed by John Hyslop in 1876. An early combination of English and American ideas, PETREL was designed according to the wave form theory.You’ll receive 2 pages of plans historical information about the boat and step-by-step instructions for half-hull building,using the lift method.The pl