Plans & Kits

Free plans. To download the file, click HERE The idea for this pram came to me as I sat in the shade beside the dock of a small Breton port in late summer. A small boy not much older than my six-year-old son was playing in a round-bilged little...

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...

This is a shortened version of the 45' Teign Motor Barge and has the same flat bottom panel for maximum capacity and ease of construction. We have the plans for the hull construction in, strip plank, plywood and steel. Also note that we have now added...

This is a new design for 2001 - we were asked to reduce the length of the Waterman 13 by a foot so that she could be made in 2 boltable halves and fitted into the back of a van for transporting to the water. She was also to be the client's first venture...

"WHISTLER" - A little 15' 9" runabout, light enough to go on a trailer with ease. Beam is 5' 6", draft is 15'/2" under the propeller tip. Simple-to-build strip construction makes her fast and inexpensive. Speeds to 22 knots with the Brennan Imp or...

A sailing dory-pram For printed plans click HERE In lieu of study plans we have this Pelican Sailboat Article Compilation SAN FRANCISCO PELICAN 12’ is a unique centerboarder, combining the lines of the famous Banks fishing dory with the...

BACKGROUND...About 15 years ago I built a Payson Canoe and used it for several years before selling it. I replaced it about 10 years ago with my Toto double paddle canoe. Toto has the same multichine cross section as the Payson Canoe but I tried for a...

A small, simple, seaworthy microcruiser For Souriceau Study Plans, click HERE There are 3 versions of this boat: -1- Standard rig / Retractable vertical keel -2- Furling rig / Retractable vertical keel -3- Furling rig / Bilge keel Comments about...

Based upon the American Adironack guide boat, this craft combines traditional lapstrake (clinker) construction with modern materials. The bottom is a flat piece of 3/8’’ ply slightly rockered fore and aft and the five strakes are of...

This design is a 15' version of the 17 footer - the beam is the same at 45" and she has a single traditional oarlock. She uses just 5 sheets of 4, 5 or 6mm plywood and the plans give details so that she can be made in 2 halves split at the centre seat...

#246 was designed for Ken Handman in 1982. Joe had designed the Millennium Falcon (MF), No. 236 (25' x 4') 3 or 4 men, for Handman in 1981. MF won the 32 n.m. ocean rowing race to Santa Catalina in 1981 & 1982. This is a sleek one man rowing shell...

Free plans. To download the file, click HERE Respected boat designer John Welsford challenged me with this brief: 'The kids, 9 and 11 had been hounding their dad (a fairly handy guy with tools) for a boat of their own for ages. The family's 30...