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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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746 Results
Sailboats - Cruising
Stradivari Mk IV
Designer
Hasse malmsten
This is a design for the 2.4mR class. The measurement formula is the same as for the bigger sisters like the famous 12mR yachts once used for the Americas Cup. As the down-scaling would leave the boat with to little righting moment there has been some adjustments to take care of this.
L20 Trimaran
Designer
Lorenzo B. Acompañado II
A modern iteration of Philippine double outrigger canoe. Adapting to present-day construction method, the wooden facetted hull still has the silhouette of the Austronesian “Bangka”.
Oar / Paddle
Cradle boat "Joey"
Designer
Manta Marine Design
Nice little cradle boat with rocking option. For more information please visit the website and look under portfolio/small boats
Sailboats - Cruising
DIAPASON 750
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
DIAPASON is a small cabin cruiser 7,50 m length. It is a modern, simple boat with racy lines, good performances and internal accommodations suitable for cruising.
Oar / Paddle
18' 6" C1 Marathon
Designer
Steve Killing
A specialized canoe for the racing enthusiast, This racing C1 is designed to the marathon racing rules and hence the unusual shape.
Sailboats - Cruising
Kahuna Nui
Designer
Mark Smaalders
Kahuna Nui is intended for extended offshore cruising and living aboard. She is available as a sailing auxiliary or as a motorsailer with an enclosed pilothouse. She has a canoe hull for ease of construction, with a full keel for strength and security while cruising.
Sailboats - Cruising
28' Sharpie EGRET
Designer
Ralph M. Munroe
Safe, seaworthy, shoal-draft double-ender, with a flat bottom and centerboard. Lofting is required. Plans include 4 sheets.
Motorboats - Outboard
14' 6" Outboard Skiff, LITTLE MOBY
Designer
Charles Wittholz
A V-bottomed plywood skiff designed for rough water - a good fishing boat. Construction: Plywood planking over sawn frames. No lofting required. Plans include 5 sheets.
Motorboats - Outboard
World Boat Skiff 18
Designer
Jerry Caldwell
Design Specs:
Flat Bottom
Open Boat
LOA. 17′-3″ (5.2m)
Beam 6′ (1.8m)
Weight 450 lbs (204 kg)
Material Plywood, Hard Wood
Fiberglass, Other.
Recommended hp. 25
From the Community
Classified
Classified
"VICTORIA" 1963 Cheoy Lee, Ronald Carter, Traditional Cat
19.5' Teak planked and deadwood. Copper riveted. Hull is tight, sound and pretty.
Classified
Catbird 24
Cruising sharpie designed and built by Karl Stambaugh Chesapeake Marine Design, LLC
Register of Wooden Boats
Register of Wooden Boats
Navoo
Navoo 30′ express cruiser - rebuild completed in May 2018 by Paul Rollins in York, Maine.
