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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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Oar / Paddle
14' 0" Venture
Designer
Steve Killing
The Venture has a perky feel with a springier sheer line, compact length and the upright bow.
Oar / Paddle
Mill Creek 16.5 Hybrid
Designer
Chesapeake Light Craft
The Mill Creek 16.5 Hybrid combines the best qualities of stitch-and-glue plywood kayaks with the beauty of a cedar strip deck to create a wonderful high volume tandem kayak
Motorboats - Outboard
28' Bermuda Runabout
Designer
Nelson Zimmer
The longest runabout we offer, this 28' high-speed, triple cockpit runabout will also require highly skilled builders, but oh, the rewards...
Construction: Battened-seam planking over sawn frames.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 3 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
"Colibri" - 7.5'(2.30m) General Purpose Dinghy
Designer
Alex Bogdanov
This small dinghy can be used for fishing, pleasure rowing or as a tender for a bigger yacht. It can also be fitted with a small outboard motor. The boat has a relatively high freeboard and can take a fair amount of load. It handles very well small waves or wake caused by powerboats.
Oar / Paddle
Wooden Rowing Oar Plans
Designer
Mike Snook
Comprehensive details to allow you to construct a pair of the finest, strongest, and lightest (3.5 lbs each) hollow rowing oars to complement any wooden rowing boat.
Fantail Launch, by Bolger
Designer
Philip C. Bolger
This exquisite launch leaves little wake at five knots. Her plans show both cold-molded and plank-on-frame construction. Construction: Cold-Molded or Carvel planked over steamed frames. Alternative construction: Lapstrake. Lofting is required. Plans include 5 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
Li'l Longship
Designer
Warren Jordan
We are proud to introduce Li’l Longship, the latest addition to our extensive cradle boat fleet. Designed in the spirit of the classic Viking Longship, her sweeping lines and imposing figureheads embody the spirit of adventure and exploration when Norse sailors ruled the waterways of Europe.
M80
Designer
Wayne Barrett
M80, is a simple to build plywood trailable trimaran, plans are very complete and include DXF files for CNC cutting.A standard folding system is used to faciltate trailing by road at a folded width of 2450mm.The interior consists of two wing berths 2000 x 600 a single up forward 1900 x 700 with r
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Handcrafted Cedar Strip Canoe- 18'
Master craftsman glued 1 “ strips over form, epoxied, varnished this strong but lightweight 50 lb
From Online Exclusives
Whiskey Plank
