Prams

Youkou-Lili

Sail and oar boat inspired from both the Norwegian oselvar and the Swampscott dory For Youkou-Lili study plans, click HERE Hull length / waterline 5.70 / 4.57 m   Sail area 10 to 10.6 m²   Breadth / waterline 1.56 / 1...

Seil 18

Pram type large sail and oar boat Click HERE for Seil 18 study plans Hull length / waterline 5.50 / 4.20 m Sail area 11 m² Breadth / waterline 1.64 / 1.23 m Outboard motor 5 hp Draught 0.20 / 0.90 m Design category / Crew C4 /...

12/14' Hobo Plans

A client contacted me with the requirement for a self build or kit club racing dinghy for her daughter as a step up from the Mirror dinghies and which could also be built quickly and cheaply by a youngster. The HOBO 12 is the result. LOA...

Scow 320 Plans PDF

10-1/2 feet simple cruiser sailboat for one to three, design for protected or inlands waters. My brother "Samy" wanted to build a small river sailing boat. He likes the simplicity of an open boat but he also wants to sleep on board in a shelter.  So...

Goshawk 14 Plans

The 14’ Goshawk has emerged in the same way that the 16’ Goshawk did—by someone asking for a wider and deeper Skylark. What the client wanted was a small boat which was more than the normal dinghy type which tends to have a mid hull depth around...

17'6" Kingfisher Garvie Plans

Following the traditional North American theme is this unusual craft. She is of simple 3/8’’ ply hard chine, flat bottom construction over stout pine frames, with a simple unstayed sprit rig. The original craft were used for fishing and cargo...

Kiwi Duck Plans PDF

It was perhaps three or four years ago I noticed a mention on the news page of Duckworks Magazine of a boat called a "Puddle Duck Racer". My initial impression was that it was a ridiculous little box, designed for people who thought that they could not...

Pram 220 Plans

Designed for a boat owner who wanted to fit his eight meter "yacht" with a rigid tender, the PRAM 220 has the minimum dimensions to be used safely for this type of task, maintaining at the same time a boat appearance and not that of a floating box...

Surf 8 Plans

The design for the Surf 8 started with the need for a small dinghy that would have pretensions to be a small multi role dayboat - an excellent sailing craft, motor boat and still be easily car toppable. Taking the Skylark...

7'6" Greenshank Plans

The Greenshank is a pram version of the Redshank and has a length of 7’6’’ and a beam of 4’. The pram bow gives more space forward for stowing gear or for transporting crew out to your yacht. She is an ideal fishing dinghy. Construction is...

Skylark 14 Mark 3 Plans

The original 14' Skylark was drawn up as a simple extension of the Skylark 12 using the same rig and simple fit-out details as the 12. We then remodelled the hull with an additional chine to give the Mark 2 version. This version uses the same hull shape...

Rockland 11' Plans

This dinghy was developed from our Skylark Mk 2 series of pram dinghies. The dinghy retains the flat, rockered bottom panel and the side panels are round bilge in shape and are either cold moulded or strip planked over the moulds which are drawn full...

Acorn 11'6" Garvie Plans

Again following the North American theme of solid working craft that are sadly no longer with us we have in the Acorn a sweet little craft which, with modern materials and methods, is easily built. Originally designed for carrying small cargoes she has,...

Presto 16 Plans PDF

This is a boat for the person who would rather spend time on the water than in the shop. All joints are first attached with copper wire for positioning and then taped with fiberglass cloth tape and epoxy for the structural connection. The components...

Piccup Squared Plans PDF

Piccup Pram was my first design to get built. Here is a photo of Chris Feller's up Chicago way. She is shown with the original 55 square foot rig. I still have the boat. The sail rig has been experimented with many times but the hull is identical today...

Pacific Pelican Plans PDF

If you prefer printed plans for Pacific Pelican, click HERE In lieu of study plans we have this Pelican Sailboat Article Compilation Much loved by those who have come to appreciate the logic behind the design The Pacific Pelican is a special creation,...

Vita Dinghy Plans PDF

It is axiomatic that the jack of all trades does nothing well. There are exceptions, however. The Vita Dinghy is one. A list of desirable attributes might include the following: easy construction with minimal skills, low cost, permanently tight, strong...

10 Foot Norwegian Pram Plans PDF

For printed plans, click HERE A sailing pram for double diagonal strip construction The 10 foot Norwegian Pram is a nicely expanded version of the compact 8 footer, and provides 35 square feet of sail instead of the 8 footer's 28 square feet...

Piccup Pram Plans PDF

Piccup Pram was the first boat of my design to get built, back in 1990, I think. I still have the prototype and use it regularly. I designed it to be the best sail/row boat I could put in the back of my short bed pick up truck. But I found it to be a...

Simplicity 8 Plans

This is a very simple but pretty single chine 'V' bottom dinghy designed for use as a tender, fishing boat, or with her simple lug rig, as a sail trainer for your children. Length is 7'9" (2.36m); Beam 4' (1.23m); Weight approx. 55 lbs (25 kg)...

Simplicity 8 Classic Plans

The Simplicity 8 Classic is modified version of the original Simplicity 8 which was designed for simple stitch and tape construction. In this case, the drawings for the Classic version show details for her to be built using the ply over frame method. A...

Skylark 14

The Skylark 14 is another example of a modified set of standard plans. Mr. Rodrigez of Portugal asked for a longer version of our Skylark 12 and we were quickly able to stretch the original on our CAD system. The new panel shapes were developed very...

Ocean Explorer Plans PDF

For printed plans, click HERE   Introduction by Perttu Korhonen: I like exploring new lakes. I built an OzRacer by Michael Storer and liked its performance and handling. With it I made one overnight trip and that convinced me, that the...