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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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Motorboats - Outboard
Sportfish 570
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa
The design of Sportfish 570 comes from a collaboration with a Senegalese society, with the aim of creating fishing vessels for inland waters of modern conception.
Sailboats - Daysailers
16' Melonseed Skiff
Designer
Marc Barto
Lapstrake-plywood daysailer with a shapely wineglass transom, unstayed sprit rig, and wide, flat, keels for easy trailering.
Construction: Lapstrake plywood planking over steam bent frames.
Alternative construction: Cold-molded or strip.
No lofting is required.
Sailboats - Cruising
Pilot Schooner 28
Designer
Reuel B. Parker
Swansea Pilot Schooner, flush-decked cruiser, based on the earliest type (late 18th/early 19th century). This vessel is intended for open ocean cruising.
Oar / Paddle
16' Whitehall Rowing Boat
Designer
Steve Killing
A modern interpretation of a centuries old harbour rowing boat.
Sailboats - Daysailers
22' Fox Island Class
Designer
Joel White
This double-ended sloop combines genuine tradition and modern performance.
Construction: Glued-lapstrake plywood over laminated frames.
Lofting is required.
Plans include 4 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
17' 0" Nomad
Designer
Ted Moores
The Nomad is long, sleek, easy to plank and easier to paddle.
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 - Daysailers
Passagemaker Dinghy
Designer
John C. Harris
Here's a handy boat that can be rowed, sailed, and powered with up to three large adults. The Passagemaker Dinghy is easy to build but looks great and performs beautifully
From the Community
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Clark Craft Beauty, Lovingly Built
My dad, Gary Lorenz, made this handmade wood boat himself, completing it in 2017 to enjoy in the
Classified
14' Oyster Sharpie - Howard Chapelle design
A classic boat built by the East End Classic Boat Society in Amagansett, NY in 2014.
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