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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
Mark V 39
Designer
Mark Van Abbema
The Mark V 39 is an outboard powered Sharpie houseboat.
Simmons Sea-Skiff Boat Plans
Designer
T. N. Simmons
Interested in building your own boat? Cape Fear Museum in Wilmington, NC sells Simmons Sea-Skiff boat plans in 18′, 20′ and 22′.Thomas Norwood Simmons was born in 1908 in Wilmington and lived most of his life on Myrtle Grove Sound. He was a carpenter by trade.
Sailboats - Daysailers
Chesapeake Crab Skiff
Designer
Doug Hylan
Based on traditional crabbing skiff documentation by Howard Chapelle, this has proven to be a fast and stable boat that can carry a real load.
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan MINERVA
Designer
William Fife, Jr.
Cutter designed by William Fife Jr., in 1888.The plans produce a model that is 28″ in length.You’ll receive 3 pages of plans historical information about the boat, step-by-step instructions and full-sized patterns for each lift, as well as template for you to shape the profile.
Sailboats - Cruising
19' Cat Schooner
Designer
William Garden
The latest in Bill Garden’s idea of the perfect kid’s cruising boat. Simple enough to be put together in the garage, salty enough to daydream on, and safe enough as well. She’s quite a handsome double-ender, with a fixed keel. This is an “oh my” boat.Construction: Plywood planking over sawn frame
Oar / Paddle
Beaver Canoe
Designer
Iain Oughtred
Construction: Strip planked and glass/epoxy sheathed.
Alternative construction: Cold molded, traditional wood and canvas lapstrake plywood.
No Lofting required.
Plans include 4 sheets.
Oar / Paddle
RoofRack
Designer
John Welsford
A small and very simple tender to fit inside a station wagon or on a roofrack, this little plywood dink will suit some one wanting a tender for their small yacht or motorboat.
Sailboats - Cruising
Fafnir
Designer
John Welsford
Miniature voyaging and cruising yacht for amateur boatbuilders, can carry two, capable of short blue water voyages.
Oar / Paddle
Newt
Designer
Warren Jordan
A quickly, easily and inexpensively built solo canoe, that can be built by one person with hand tools in three days. Complete plans and step-by-step instructions. A great family boatbuilding project.
From the Community
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Wooden ballast keel sloop "RASCAL"
The ballast keel wooden sloop "Rascal" was donated in 2021.
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Boat for sale, 19' Lightening sailboat
19' Lightening sailboat (hull #4444). Cedar plank hull restored.
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2018 Dark Harbor 17 1/2 (26’ LOA)
2018 Dark Harbor 17 1/2 constructed western red cedar planking on white oak frames., Teak deck.
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