Plans by type

Water Rat Printed Plans

LOA 9' or 10' 9" Beam 34" The plans come as 10 sheets giving the details required to build both the 9ft and the 10.8ft versions, and are available in either metric or imperial measure. They come in printed form (10 sheets of A3-sized paper and a 22 page...

Breeze PDF

     LOA - 10' (3m)     Beam - 28" (0.71m)     Approx.weight - 33lb. (15kg)     Max.payload - 270lb. (120kg) “Breeze” is a simple 10’(3m) double paddle...

Geriatric Motor Sailor Plans Supplement

Note: You will also need to purchase the Curlew plans to build this boat  This is an additional set of sketches, drawings and notes allowing the builder to construct a larger version of the Curlew adapted to be a motor sailor - the mark 2...

18' Outboard Motor Freight Canoe Plans

For those wanting a much bigger outboard motor canoe capable of having several fishing at once and which can also be used as a freight canoe on rivers and lakes, the 18' Outboard Motor Freight Canoe would certainly suit. She can take 6-8 adults or 4...

Nomad 16

LOA - 16' 0"   LWL - 14' 11"   BEAM MAX - 7' 6"   BEAM WL - 6' 8"   DRAFT - 8" DISPLACEMENT - 1,300 POUNDS POWER - 50 - 70 hp four-stroke Outboard Designed with maximum cockpit size, both in length and width, and...

Wedge Point 27

LOA - 27' 6"     LWL - 27' 0"   BEAM - 8'     DRAFT - 24" DISPLACEMENT - 4,000 POUNDS POWER - 25hp    SAIL AREA - 113 Sq. Ft. CRUISING SPEED - 10 KNOTS This boat is related to my 15 year old design Yellow...

Berry Point 26

LOA - 26'    LWL - 23' 8"  DRAFT - 12"   BEAM - 8' 6" DISPLACEMENT - 3,600 POUNDS POWER - 90hp outboard CRUISING SPEED - 20 Knots   TOP SPEED - 25 Knots   The Berry Point 26 was designed to fulfill a need for a...

Right Canoe 130

Stitch-and-glue sailing canoe from our friends at the Madeira Mar Boat Building School in Florianopolis, Brazil.    The 13-foot Right Canoe blends classic looks with ease of construction in an affordable package. The balanced lug rig is easy...

S.C.A.M.P. Plans Instant Download

S.C.A.M.P. (Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project) For printed plans click HEREOriginal Designer: John Welsford Additional Development: Kees Prins Kit Adaptations: Turn Point DesignOur own youthful dreams often featured small boats in starring roles...

Hiwassee Wanderer PDF

The Hiwassee Wanderer is a simple, easy-to-build canoe that is designed for the amateur boatbuilder to construct at home. It is made from 3 sheets of plywood and a minimal amount of lumber, using the simple “Stitch and Glue” method. It is a...

Fulmar 34'

The Fulmar 34' is a larger sister to the original Fulmar 26'3" heavy displacement centre cockpit cruising yacht. Construction is ply over frame and utilizes ply fore and aft girders and ply bulkheads erected onto a strong-back before chine stringers and...

Walkabout Full Size Template Instant Download

Note:  you will also need the plans in order to build this boat. Thanks to our friend Joel Bergen, we are now able to offer full size patterns for bulkheads, stems and other parts for John Weldford's Walkabout. These come in two basic formats. The...

Tender Behind Full Size Template Instant Download

Note:  you will also need the plans in order to build this boat. Thanks to our friend Joel Bergen, we are now able to offer full size patterns for bulkheads, stems and other parts for John Weldford's Tender Behind. These come in two basic formats...

SEI Full Size Template Instant Download

Note:  you will also need the plans in order to build this boat. Thanks to our friend Joel Bergen, we are now able to offer full size patterns for bulkheads, stems and other parts for SEI. These come in two basic formats. The first is a series of...

Pilgrim Full Size Template Instant Download

Note:  you will also need the plans in order to build this boat. Thanks to our friend Joel Bergen, we are now able to offer full size patterns for bulkheads, stems and other parts for Pilgrim. These come in two basic formats. The first is a series...

Pathfinder Full Size Template Instant Download

Note:  you will also need the plans in order to build this boat. Thanks to our friend Joel Bergen, we are now able to offer full size patterns for bulkheads, stems and other parts for Pathfinder. These come in two basic formats. The first is a...

Navigator Full Size Template Instant Download

Note:  you will also need the plans in order to build this boat. Thanks to our friend Joel Bergen, we are now able to offer full size patterns for bulkheads, stems and other parts for Navigator. These come in two basic formats. The first is a series...

Longsteps Full Size Template Instant Download

Note:  you will also need the plans in order to build this boat. Thanks to our friend Joel Bergen, we are now able to offer full size patterns for bulkheads, stems and other parts for Longsteps. These come in two basic formats. The first is a series...

Shanty 20 Plans PDF

LOA = 20'0” LWL = 20'0” Beam = 8'0” Draft = 16” fully loaded Power = 9.9 HP outboard Speed = 4-5 knots Construction, plywood on bulkheads. Full size patterns to be printed on mylar or paper 36" x 48" To be successful a Shanty...

Kompship

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...

Kerisper

Power skiff 4.8 m For Study Plan PDF, Click HERE Hull length / waterline 4.81 / 4.32 m     Breadth / waterline  1.80 / 1.40 m Outboard motor 4 to 20 hp Draugth 0.18 m Design category / Crew C3 / D5 Light weight / with...

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 /...

Morbic 10/10.5 Sail

Classic tender with sail, clinker plywood built For Morbic 10 & 10.5 Study Plans, click HERE Morbic 10 Hull length / waterline 2.77 / 2.58 m Breadth / waterline 1.32 / 1.18 m Draugth 0.19 m Light weight hull / rigged 55 /...

Morbic 8

Small classic tender, clinker plywood built Click HERE for a Morbic 8 Study Plan Hull length / waterline   2.30 / 2.16 m Sail area   0 Breadth / waterline   1.20 / 1.07 m Outboard motor   3 hp Draugth   0.17...

Morbic 11

11′ classic sail and oar dinghy For Morbic 11 study plans, click HERE Hull length / waterline    3.35 / 3.18 m Sail area   6.5 m² Breadth / waterline    1.52 / 1.25 m Design category / Crew  ...

Lilou 2

Friendly daysailer, easy to build For Lilou 2 Study Plans, click HERE Hull length / waterline 5.10 / 4.60 m Sail area (sloop) 17 m² Breadth / waterline 1.92 / 1.54 m Outboard motor 5 hp Draugth 0.45 / 1.00 m Design category /...

Kernic

A sail & oar dinghy for team crew Click HERE for Kernic study plans Hull length / waterline   5.70 / 5.30 m Sail area    15 m² Breadth / waterline   1.80 / 1.34 m Outboard motor    6...

Ilur "clinker kit"

The most popular sail and oar boat For a digital Study Plan for Ilur, click HERE Hull length / waterline 4.44/ 4.10 m Sail area 12.2 m² Breadth / waterline 1.70 / 1.46 m Outboard motor 4 hp Draught 0.25 / 0.86 m Design category /...

Heather Printed Plans

For a digital version instant download, click HERE Heather is a compact double-ended center cockpit pilot house motorsailer, 16'2" LOA. Her styling was inspired by Scottish fishing trawlers and her trim work by US West Coast trollers. Her construction is...

Aber

Sail and oar dinghy, a very classic and pure line For Aber study plans click HERE Hull length / waterline 4.30 / 4.00 m Sail area 9.7 m² Breadth / waterline 1.48 / 1.30 m Outboard motor 3.5 hp Draught 0.25 / 0.85 m Design category /...

Walkabout Plans Digital Download

A study plan download for Walkabout is available HERE For full Walkabout Printed Plans, click HERE "Walkabout" as in "He's gone Walkabout" an Australian term meaning "a journey undertaken without notice or warning, of no fixed duration, with no...

Truant Plans Digital Download

Click HERE for Truant study plans. Click HERE for Full Truant Printed Plans It took 36 hours to travel from home in Rotorua to the tiny coastal town of Brooklin, Maine (USA) where WoodenBoat magazine has its amazing office. I don't sleep at all...

Long Steps Printed Plans

Long Steps For Long Steps Study Plan PDF, click HERE For Long Steps Plans Digital Download, click HERE LOA 19'6" Beam 5'7" Draft 3'8"/8" Water ballast 265 lb Sail Area 136 sq ft Max load 1056 lb   I think that I’ve mentioned before, that in my...

20' Isle of Gigha

A client who had already built the 14' Morning Tide Pocket Cruiser asked me to design a 20' double ended 'pocket ship' for him and the Isle of Gigha is the result.In such a short length she has room for 4 berths for day/weekend sailing plus a wc...

16' Hazelnut Clinker Canoe

The 16' Hazelnut is based on the 17' version but has been drawn up with the clinker/ply construction method in mind using a building jig and moulds to gain the plank shapes. She has 5 planks per side.The plank shapes and building details are also...

15' 3" Shelduck Duck Punt

 The Shelduck Duck Punt is a simple plywood punt suitable for river and canal rowing and some quiet fishing. Although she has the flat bottom of the Eider Duck punt, she is double ended like the Ruddy Duck punt.Construction is stitch and tape...

25' Sandolo

  The Sandolo is a traditional flat bottomed rowing boat used in Venice and the Venetian Lagoon and unlike the Gondola is, like most craft, symmetrical about it's centerline. In fact it is of a simple flat bottomed, single chine shape with...

Clyde 18 Plans

The Clyde 18 is a modified Power 1.3 Mk 1 design. The hull shape is a simple deadrise type, single chine 'V' bottomed. The hull is parallel sectioned aft of the wheelhouse which means that she can be easily lengthened or shortened. Construction is for...

Rhum 12.3 Plans

This new design is based on the Mark 1 single chine version of the Rhum 11'6" general purpose dinghy. The original Rhum has been extended by 12" which gives more space for her to be fitted out as a proper camping dinghy with space for a sleeping area and...

24' Oarsome Coastal Rowing Skiff

Oarsome Chance came to me for the design of a 24' Coastal Rowing Skiff which could be more easily used as a multi-role boat and which was safer for use offshore. Instead of a double ended design, often used for this role, we went for a transomed design...

Kari 24' Norwegian Faering

The Kari 24' is based on the Kari 2 which, itself, was based on the lines taken off the original Kari Faering. In the case of this new 24' design the client wanted a rounder hull with slightly harder bilges and so we modeled a 6 plank per side design...

16' Koa Hawaiian Fishing Canoe

This design is a modern interpretation of the traditional Koa fishing canoes which were 'dugouts' and made from a single log. The hull has a narrow flat bottom with 4 planks per side - the top hull panel has some tumblehome in it to emulate the log shape...

15' 6" Whitehall Skiff

This is the Selway Fisher version of the lovely Whitehall Skiff. The origins of the Whitehall Skiff (or pulling boat) are a little vague - some say that her design came from some of the small workboats around Whitehall in London but others trace her...

Siam 25 Plans

The Siam 25 has been drawn up as a open dive and fishing boat for a client in the far East that can also be used for simple family trips around the islands. Her hull has been based on the Rathlin 20' motor launch hull - a robust and stable design. The...

Jarvis 21 Plans

Below are photos of Tim Thedon's Jarvis 21 under construction.               21' Jarvis Particulars LOA 21'4" 6.52m Beam (excl. gunwale rubbers) 7'9"" 2.35m Hull Mid Depth 3'4" 1...

12' 3" Plover Double Ended Swampscott/Surf Dory

This design is based on a double ended version of our 12' 4" Petite Brise Swampscott dinghy. Swampscotts as a breed usually have a narrow 'tombstone' transom making them more or less double ended (semi Swampscott dorys have a wider transom) - when...

18' Elaine II Open Dayboat

Fred Rebell (1886-1968) was a lone sailor and adventurer - he fled from Latvia to Germany to avoid conscription, stowed away on a Sydney-bound ship and after marrying/divorcing and working in Australia, tried to emigrate to the US but was refused a visa...

14' Asymmetric Raven Plans

Based on our 14' Raven which is one of our most popular canoe designs, this asymmetric version is for single long distance use with plenty of capacity to carry camping gear and provisions. The asymmetric hull shape will make her excellent at tracking,...

14' Adirondack Guide Canoe

I am often asked to modify one of my stock designs to suit individual requirements and that is how the 14' Adirondack came about - this design is a development of the 12' x 39" Adirondack canoe (see earlier on this page) and is a roomy guide boat...