Plans & Kits

For full printed plans for Trover, click HERE I had been asked by an aid organization to design the simplest possible inshore and estuary fishing boat for the people of East Timor, the villagers were dependent upon their boats for their survival, they...

Study Plans available for Tread Lightly HERE For Full Printed Plans for Tread Lightly, click HERE Gavin Atkin moved house. The length of his new garage would enable him to build boats up to about 13 ft long; he is famous for one sheet (2440 x 1220...

For Tender Behind Printed Plans, click HERE I knew the voice on the phone, Twenty five years ago that voice had tried to convince me that A+B=C! And not only that, but he'd also informed me that if I were to flick another rubber band in class he'd give...

For Swiftsure Printed Plans, click HERE Both Stuart Reid and I have a strong interest in the traditional, and this sailable miniature along the lines of an 18th century Royal Navy Stoop based upon a plywood hull is a real treasure for those with a...

To download a study plan for Sweet Pea, click HERE For full Printed Plans for Sweet Pea, click HERE Sweet Pea was designed to produce a racer for a club I based on a very large estuary. With a mostly mature membership and close to 200 miles of sparsely...

For a Swaggie Study Plan download, click HERE For Full Printed Plans for Swaggie, click HERE Swaggie: (Australian slang) A tramp, or itinerant who carries his bedroll, or "Swag" upon his back. My client loves small craft and has long had an ambition to...

For a Sundowner Study Plan PDF, click HERE For Full Printed Plans for Sundowner, click HERE Sundowner was drawn up in response to an enquiry from a customer who's dream it was to build a small ocean going cruiser with his own hands, then sail it on his...

For a Study Plan for Sherpa in PDF format, click HERE For Full Printed Plans for Sherpa, click HERE I had an enquiry from a liveaboard couple who needed to cover the two hundred yards or so from the town jetty to their forty footer, two "mature adults"...

For a Study Plan Download, click HERE   For full Printed Plans, click HERE   I really like double ended boats, they have a grace and beauty that the blunt ended craft don't have, but I wanted one that would meet a particular set of needs...

For Seagull/Mollyhawk printed plans, click HERE I am very keen on recreational rowing boats, my Wife Jan prefers to see where She is going in Her sea kayak but I like the feel of the bigger boat and the way the rowing motion uses all of the bodies...

For full printed plans, click HERE Designs come about in all sorts of ways, and this one was more unusual than most. My friend Marcus had been "sorting out" his 19ft long ferro cement Donovan designed keeler and had extracted a casual promise from me...

For Rogue Printed Plans, click HERE Many designs start as an idea brewing away in the back of my mind, and are only brought to the fore when a prospective client enquiries for something that fits the idea. Rogue was one of these, I'd been thinking...