Plans & Kits

Penobscot 13 Length over all: 12’ 9” || Waterline length: 11’ 5” || Beam: 4’ 3”.Draft, board up: 0’ 8”|| Draft, board down: 2’ 6”|| Weight: 155 poundsSail areas: Gunter rig: 79 sq. ft. ||...

Ace 14 Length over all: 14’ 4” || Waterline length: 14’ 0” || Beam: 5’ 7”Draft, board up: 0’ 5”.|| Draft, board down: 2’ 11”Weight: 215pounds || Sail area; 116 sq. ft. The ACE 14 is an exciting...

Laughing Gull Length over all: 15’ 9” || Beam: 4’ 5" || Draft, board up: 0’ 5” Draft, board down: 2’ 9” || Weight: 225 pounds Sail areas. Gunter rig: 95 sq. ft. || Cat rig: 83 sq. ft. || Sprit rig: 82...

Bay Pilot 18 Length over all: 18’ 0” || Waterline length: 16’ 0” || Beam: 7’ 3”.Draft, motor up: 0’ 8” || Weight, including motor: 1,825 pounds. The Bay Pilot 18 is a smaller boat with very much the same...

Grace's Tender Length: 8’ 0” || Beam: 4’ 1”Draft, board up: 0’ 5” || Draft, board down: 2’ 1”Weight: 55 pounds || Sail Area: 39 sq. ft. As her name implies, I designed this boat as a tender for a bigger...

The inspiration for the Cygnet Two originally came from barge yachts which were yachts based on traditional Thames sailing Barges with their single chine flat bottomed hull form. As the concept moved forward, we decided to give the hull shape more 'form'...

Spark Sailing Canoe / Trimaran Designed by Mark Palmquist   The Spark Sailing Canoe has been designed from scratch to be fast, light, and easy to make. It is also designed to accommodate the skimming disc outriggers (plans sold separately), or...

Garvey Powerboat ~ Stitch-&-glue plywood~ Owner-build~ Inshore fishing boat~ Diveboat~ Flat deck or centre console versions Kevin Agee, who commissioned this design, had little woodworking experience and none at building boats. Yet, he wanted to...

The CNC Extras Kit includes a few items (materials and hardware) that can be incorporated into your Portage Pram build. This kit is designed to be purchased alongside the Portage Pram CNC Plywood kit. QTY UOM  DESCRIPTION  PRODUCT...

'Guddling' is to fish using your hands by groping around under rocks or in a stream from the bank or a boat - it is a term more commonly used above the border in Scotland. Back in 1999 Tony Simmons of A. Simmons Aluminium Craft asked me to develop the...

Back in 1993 A. Simmons Aluminium Craft asked me to produce the hull panel and frame/transom shapes for a single chine version of the Skylark 8. Tony Simmons wanted an ultra simple small dinghy for easy family use built in aluminium for lightweight...

Garvey Powerboat ~ Stitch-&-glue plywood~ Owner-build~ Inshore fishing boat~ Diveboat~ Flat deck or centre console versions Kevin Agee, who commissioned this design, had little woodworking experience and none at building boats. Yet, he wanted to...