Plans & Kits

LOA: 7’ 6” (2.34m)Beam - 29” (0.73m)Approx.weight - 26lb. (12kg)Max.payload - 110lb. (50kg)     “Pinocchio” was commissioned by my 7 year old son who wanted to learn paddling. He saw these...

The Chaffinch is a trad sterned narrow boat - drawings give the computer faired and generated hull panel shapes and full details for steel construction. The steel work drawings give details for the FW tank, rudder, sterngear/engine installation and weed...

This boat is a stretched version of the Highlander 18 for a client who wanted the biggest boat that he could comfortably trail extensively behind a medium sized family saloon without a lot of effort and which could also offer enclosed accommodation. The...

In 2014 I decided to design an iceboat that was small and comfortable to sail. Smaller iceboats are easier to store transport and set up. This allows for more use on smaller plates of ice during the season. The original idea was to build two...

14ft John DukLOA 13ft 10", Beam 66"OB 25Hp Max, Long ShaftHull weight depending on plywood thicknesses and species used should be between 200(Okoume) to 350(Aquatek) poundsThis hull is a continuation of one of my very first designs. When I was working...

This is a simple yet unique hull design. As noted in the cover page, it is stand up stable, and therefore can be used by all fishermen, and women, to safely traverse ponds and lakes, without the fear of falling out of the boat. Constructed like most of...

The 18’6” Marathon open canoe has been designed for serious long distance paddling. She has 5 planks per side and uses the stitch and tape method of construction for ease, low cost and lightness. Her hull shape is asymmetric giving her a low drag...

for printed plans - click HEREdownload free study plans HERE ALASKA: Alaska is modeled on the working Whitehall skiffs that were commonly used in the 19th and early 20th centuries to carry people and goods about the great harbours of the...

Hull Hardware Inspection ports for buoyancy tanks - (2) SD-337160 Screw-out Deck Plates - 6" White Bow Eye - SeaDog SD-080288 - 8mm x 4-1/2" Stainless U-Bolt Mast Hardware Mast cleat on side of mast: 1 Nylon Cleat - black, 4"-SD-043040 Mast top...

The origin of the skipjack is a little obscure - they seem to have been a development of the flat bottomed sharpie with many examples having a much wider beam than the sharpie, a deadrise to the bottom and great flare to the topsides. However,...

"GALATEA" - 23' Sailboat, fixed keel, wood. 23' LOA, 8' 3" beam, 3' 10" draft. Includes sail plan, lines, construction drawings, table of offsets, arrangements, inboard profile, rigging section. 4 sheets. A tabloid auxiliary, just over 19 feet on her...

A few years ago my wife asked me to name my favourite boat. If I had thought about the question at all, it would have been almost impossible to answer, because there are so many designs which have appealed to me over the years. But on that occasion I...