Plans & Kits

The PortableBoatPlans "2012 Portable Boat Design Contest" is over for another year, and there were two winners (tied votes). The object of the contest was simple: Develop a concept for a small homemade boat that would appeal to many other amateur...

What makes the Stasha special?Stasha is the World's lightest nesting dinghy. It's also lovely to look at. Launching a Stasha should only take a moment but by the time you have answered all the questions from amazed spectators it may be getting dark.Not...

For the Windsor slipper launch we have used the ply over frame method of construction using a modern framework of ply bulkheads and frames partly linked by fore and aft ply girders all set up to make sure that the builder starts with an accurate base...

Note:Tom Hruby has written an excellent addendum to these plans. Anyone building or considering building a Flapdoodle should read it. Click HERE About Flapdoodle plans: New... a high quality DIY folding sail dinghy. What's more, you can build it your...

A 21' x 7' bigger sister to the Power 1 design using the same easy construction method and having a similar double chine construction with a flat bottom panel simplifying her building and producing an easy planing hull form. The hull, seats and cabin...

I decided to add this larger version of the Electric Moto Craft to my growing fleet of EMC hulls after a comment and request from one of my YouTube subscribers. He had been watching one of my how-to videos on building the 14ft version of the...

Like her bigger sister, the 12’ 6” Esk is a development of our Dart design. She has the swept up bow and flared out forward sections to help her in choppy waters—and we have retained the knife edge to the rear sections to give her good...

For those who want to build a classically designed double ended clinker craft, this boat has been developed from the Shetland Skiff and North American Peapod dinghy. Construction is greatly simplified from the conventional clinker method and kept to a...

8ft Nuthatch Specifications Length: 7' 10"Beam: 52"Weight: 72 lbsMax Outboard: 2 hpMaximum Load: 450 lbs This design is my first and the result of endless hours spent before a computer learning the relationship between curves on a flat 2D screen to the...

LOA: 7’ 3”(2.2m)Beam - 3' 8” (1.12m)Approx.weight - 46lb. (21kg)Max.payload - 440lb. (200kg)     Here is a small dinghy which can be used for fishing, pleasure rowing or as a tender of a...

Traditional sail boat, 4.5 m long, with outboard motor well, strip planked over laminated frames For Ebihen 15 Study Plans, click HERE Hull length / waterline 4.50 / 4.24 m   Sail area 14 m²   Breadth / waterline 1.85 / 1.64...

The idea behind this design was to see how much boat can be squeezed out of a single sheet of plywood 4x8' (1220x2440 mm). The resulting boat is suitable for kids to paddle on ponds or very small lakes. It is an excellent first time father...