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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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749 Results
Oar / Paddle
Atlantic 17
Designer
Jon Persson
First launched in 2000, the Atlantic 17 is a double-ended, modified dory designed for one or two rowers.
Sailboats - Cruising
FireBug
Designer
John Spencer/Peter Tait
The FireBug is a small sailboat or yacht that you can amateur build at home, sailing club or school, then learn to sail. It's easy to sail and will be the fastest boat on the bay. Low cost too!
Sailboats - Cruising
GIORMAX
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
Even if it does not show, GIORMAX is a classical boat as it is a replica of an Italian boat which was popular in the nineteen-thirties.
Sailboats - Cruising
i550
Designer
designer : Chris Beckwith
The i550 is a fast modern sharpie type hull shape owing its roots to the historic sharpies of Long Island Sound. The sharpies were known for their speed and seaworthiness, the i550 picks up where they left off.
Sailboats - Racing
Redneck Duck
Designer
David Gray
This is a 64 page construction guide for building a class legal PDRacer from PolySail International. The guide includes plans and is illustrated with multiple photographs taken as the prototype was being built over a period of six days.
Sailboats - Cruising
Goat Island Skiff
Designer
Michael Storer kits by Clint Chase | Chase Small Craft
Fast / Lightweight / Easy-to-BuildSpecifications:
- LOA 15′ 6″
- LWL 14′ 9″
- Beam 5′
- Draft (board up/down) 4″/36″
- Depth amidships 20″
- Sail Area 105 (lug) 14 sf (sprit)
Oar / Paddle
17' 0" Solo Tripper
Designer
Steve Killing
For those beautiful days out for lunch on the river or an evening on the lake by yourself, this is the boat.
From the Community
Classified
Classified
2018 Wooden Seaskiff
Custom built at Madisonville Maritime Museum. 2019 19' magic tilt galvanized trailer.
Classified
Custom John Brooks 10' Rowing/Sailing Dinghy with Plexiglass Bottom
Custom row boat built by Brooks Boats in Mt. Desert, Maine.
Classified
Wooden ElToro 8' pram
El Toro one design in nice shape. Go sailing or refinish for a showpiece.
Classified
Fenwick Williams 18' Catboat Alden No. 838 with Tender and Brand New Trailer
1958 Fenwick Williams 18' wooden catboat with tender and new 2023 galvanized trailer with stainle
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