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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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Sailboats - Daysailers
Skerrieskiff 15'
Designer
Iain Oughtred
Construction - Glued lapstrake clinker plywood.
No Lofting required.
Plans include 5 sheets with instructions.
Sail Area - 60 sq. ft.
Pemaquid Friendship Sloop
Designer
Drawings by Jay Hanna, original drawings by H.I. Chapelle
Round-bottomed, outside-ballasted cruiser with accommodations for two.Construction: Carvel planked over steamed frames.Alternative construction: Strip.Lofting is required.Plans include 4 sheets.Please note: plans call for an engine long ago discontinued.You'll want to find a suitable alternative.
W17
Designer
Mike Waters N.A.
This is an ultra efficient, modern folding trimaran design with advanced features not found elsewhere.
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan GLORIANA
Designer
N. G. Herreshoff
Sloop designed by N.G. Herreshoff in 1891. A revolutionary yacht, she featured a convex bow rather than the then-current long, hollow entrance.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Footloose
Designer
Warren Jordan
Footloose combinines the traditional lines and salty looks of the classic flatty skiff, with the ease of building and seamless integrity of plywood construction for unclomplicated boating.
Sailboats - Cruising
Simplicity 35
Designer
Mark Smaalders
A 35' centerboard cruising boat designed for long-distance cruising and living aboard. Simplicity’s raised deck and 11’ beam result in a spacious interior, with standing headroom throughout. Construction is plywood over plywood bulkheads and frames.
Oar / Paddle
Pulling Boat, LIZ
Designer
Ken Bassett
Elegant, high-performance, sliding-seat pulling boat designed to mitigate the speed-robbing pitching associated with some sliding-seat craft.
Construction: Lapstrake planked over steamed frames.
Alternative construction: Cold-molded, strip or glued lapstrake.
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SOLD JANUARY 2026 1982 60' Custom Mashford Bros - LONE STAR
SOLD JANUARY 2026 NO MORE INQUIRIES
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OLIN STEPHENS 6-METRE RACING SLOOP
Historic 1929 Olin Stephens 6-metre racing sloop. Located near Lake Champlain.
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Herreshoff Original H-28 Bright Star
Bright Star is looking for a new owner with a passion for wooden boats and a desire to own a clas
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Arch Davis Jiffy V22 Skiff 2011
Arch Davis Jiffy V22 Skiff 2011. 8'-6 beam, meranti plywood, douglas fir framing, MAS expoxy.
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