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Oar Plans With these plans you can make a pair of lightweight, elegant, efficient spoon or straight blade oars from common lumberyard stock.  They feature ellipsoid rather than conventional round looms (the loom is the shaft of the oar).  This...

Skimming Disc AmasDesigned by: Mark S. PalmquistDimensions: 23.875" x 36" x 9"H [60.6 cm x 91.4cm x 22.8cm H]Skimming disc amas are designed to provide hydroplaning lift. They are easier to mount than hydroplaning wings or hydrofoils.Advantages:•...

Specifications: Overall length including trailer 360 cm (approx) (11'.81")Length of Plystream without trailer: 300 cm (9'.84")Width of Plystream: 170 cm (5'.57")Height: 225 cm (7'.38")Unladen weight, including trailer:  300 kilos (approx)...

Length 2100mm ( 6`10 3/4” )Beam 1228 ( 4`1/4” ) Kompship is a ship for children's water games. The best motor are the legs or a wooden stick, but the ship can also be driven carefully with an trolling motor or with a small outboard...

Specifications: Four berths Overall length 350 cm (approx) (11.5') Height of Slidacab in road mode (on vehicle): 260 cm (approx) (8.5') Height of Slidacab in camping mode (on vehicle): 295 cm (approx) (9.7') Unladen weight: 300 kilos (approx)...

For Autocanoe printed plans, click HERE. You’ve seen the struggle; a man on boat ramp untying straps, bracing for impact, trying to control the slide of the unwieldy canoe that is precariously close to falling off the roof of...

Free Plans - click HERE to download No Stays Required It seems inevitable that for a portable boat that fits in the family vehicle, the sailing version should have a mast and boom that does the same thing. Past attempts at this were specific to...

The Plurt is a 5 m dia. lightweight insulated yurt you can build yourself from easy to find materials. It is lightweight and quick to assemble on any flat surface. None of the panels weigh more than 20 kilos or are longer than 2.5 m making the...

Lightweight 2 berth folding bike caravan If it's going to work in the real world, a bicycle caravan needs to be small enough to stow and be transported easily and yet big enough for real comfort. Yet it mustn't be too big or you won't be able to get...

The Slidavan is an easy to build lightweight telescopic caravan which does it all. On the road its light weight and compact dimensions means you'll hardly know you are towing it.At the campsite it takes just a minute to turn it in to a fully insulated...

The Hoopy wooden bicycle. It might look complicated to make but the frame can be marked, cut out and glued ready for varnish in just two days. The box section frame is immensely strong yet only weighs 3 kilos. The Hoopy is a 'one size fits all' bicycle...

Six years ago, we bought a house in Greece. It had been used as a holiday home and the only heating in the house was by an open fireplace. Now, winters in Greece can be cold. Where we are, the northern winds come from the Balkans and we've had...