Plans & Kits

For 6 Meter Whaler Printed Plans, click HERE For 6 Meter Whaler Digital Plans Click HERE ---- I had been talking to a customer at Boat Books where I worked about the problems of the world and what we could do to set things right, all the usual gripes...

"TINTILLEE" - 18' Utility style inboard launch, steel. Includes lines, arrangements, outboard profile, construction drawings, table of offsets, scantlings, etc. 6 sheets and article reprint. Hot off the drawing board is this saucy little steel...

This version of the Skylark class of pram dinghies was at the request of a client who wanted a comfortable river boat with the simplicity of construction of the smaller Skylark stitch and tape dinghies and with the large size that a pram shape of this...

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...

Click HERE for Full Truant Printed Plans Click HERE for Full Truant Plans Digital Download. 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...

Poor Jon20, he's just a big dumb jonboat. 20 feet long and 6' wide on the bottom, 7.5' wide on the top. It takes a ton to set it 4" down in the water, and I expect the empty hull might weigh 600 pounds. So let's say she weighs about a half ton with a...

Jangadas are traditional fishing boat on the north coast of Brazil, originally simple log rafts. The Jangada 488 is a special surf scow, with the choice of a Bermudian or a crab claw rig, barn door or lifting rudder, and optional seating wings...

The Goat Island Skiff epoxy kit contains the following: 1-1/2 Gallon System3 Silvertip epoxy kit (choose speed above) 1 lb. wood flour 8 oz. silica thickener 3 yards of 6 oz. x 50" fiberglass cloth for foils 1 roll of 2" wide fiberglass tape If...

A simple sailing catamaran or tender For Turtle Study Plans, click HERE Rowing and easy sailing boat/ unsinkable/ stability / no centerboard / trailerable / cartopable / single rudder/ selfstanding carbon fibre mast or aluminium, in 2 parts/ furling...

The Sou'Wester Dory a traditional type for the modern homebuilder. This is a type small boat, which was developed by New England fisherman for use off the beach. It is primarily rowing boat and performs beautifully under oars. It will sail well with...

After many requests, we have extended the simple concept of the Power 1 and 2 motor launches to a length of 32' with a beam of 10'9". At the moment, the drawings for the hull and deck construction are available allowing the client to choose or design...

The Highlander 11' Dinghy - this is a relatively new design with a beam of 5'2" and draft of 7"/3'1". Approx. weight is 105 lbs and Sail Area is 66 sq.ft. The hull shape very much follows the original Highlander model with it's double chine, except...