Plans & Kits

For Daniel's Boat Plans Digital Download, click HERE Twelve year old Daniel had pretty much outgrown his Stuart Reid designed miniature flat bottomed skiff, and father Wayne Chittenden had arranged to stay with me over one Christmas to do a spot of...

Sapphire is a simple 'V' bottom single chine plywood design and will suit the steam enthusiast who wants a good sized launch which does not take too long to build but which looks very elegant. Construction uses a simple ply framework which is set up...

The Greenland 19 has a simple V bottomed single chine stitch and tape plywood hull designed to ride out rough water with ease and to have a good turn of speed. She has an optional daggerboard box to help in directional stability. The deck is strip...

18 foot version of Great Pelican For printed plans click HERE In lieu of study plans we have this Pelican Sailboat Article Compilation SUPER PELICAN 18' POCKET CRUISER Stretchhed an extra two feet, the Super Pelican 18' offers a choice of cabin...

The Seafox is a development of our Seawolf design using 4 planks per side rather than 2 giving a well rounded and very attractive hull shape. she has storage and buoyancy areas fore and aft and a 3' long cockpit opening. Construction uses 3 sheets of...

It may look similar to some of my other designs, and it is, but it differs in one important aspect, the basic hull is primarily constructed from just a single sheet of 1/4" plywood. This lone occupant hull weighs only 30 pounds, and nests to a 4' x 2...

Neil Pryde 45 Sq. Ft. Portage Pram Sail 2-piece fiberglass and epoxy RDM mast  (370cm) 5 Via 10.50 blocks 1 Via 8.05 as part of downhaul 1 Via 8.10 as part of downhaul 1 SD-081101 pad eye 1 SD-147404 twist shackle 1 SD-151560 Snap Hook 7 feet of 4mm...

The Hawke Bay is a large single rowing skiff designed for a New Zealand client who wanted to go on rowing expeditions around the coasts of North & South Islands. She has been given plenty of freeboard and buoyancy to cater with the sharp chop...

Hard Chine Catboat Line Drawing Study Plan The Catboat In the winter of 2012 a very good friend leant me an old copy of Nautical Quarterly. An article about Catboats caught my attention - I was and still am taken by their beautiful lines...

First Mate has the same rigs and layout as the very successful Phoenix III, but uses an easy-to-build stitch-and-glue hull. Primary dimensions are 15ft x 5ft x 5-1/2inches. Three rig options are included in the plans 65 page colour-illustrated...

The plans for the 16' Henley Slipper Launch include the hull panel shapes for a single chine "V" bottomed version and we were simply asked to take this model and stretch it to 18' - however, instead of just developing the hull panels, we have completed a...

Click HERE for Free Study Plans Download Full size templates for this boat are available HERE In the spring of 2013, I started to write a book called, 'How to Design a Boat using SketchUp 3D Software'. The subject matter was my design, 'Kalostyn'...