Plans & Kits

This is a simple barge with flat bottom single chine shape and a "ramped" shaped bow and stern. Despite the fact that this is a 'static' boat, the hull has been drawn to give a tough basis for whatever top is required. the drawings give the details for a...

Main-1002ft sail with 3 rows of reef points, bag, logo & ties included100 sq ft lugsail made exclusively by Neil Pryde Sails for SCAMP. This class sail is made from 5.5 oz. Challenge Sailcloth in either a classic cream color or Tanbark. The sails...

This design is a development of the 18’6” Marathon open canoe with it's easily driven asymmetric hull shape. Beam has been reduced to 28" which is positioned down at the waterline. Like her smaller sister she has 5 planks per side and uses the...

12' x 30” – 75 Lbs. Sail area 17 / 20 Sq.Ft. A sailing Sit On Top kayak for one adult or two teenagers. Plywood epoxy building on a central backbone and light frames. 4 sheets of 1/4 ACX plywood...

Oracle might have been called Roar3. It is a bit longer and lower than Roar2 so it looks sleeker. It is actually closer in shape to my Toto canoe. I'm pretty sure it is a visual improvement over Roar2. Hard to say if it is a practical improvement. Being...

The CR25 (Cruiser racer 25) is a multi-chine ply yacht designed for easy unitized construction with ply bulkheads slotting into ply fore and aft girders to form the basic framework - the girders form cockpit seat and bunk fronts. Stringers are then...

Jenny Wren is three sheets, 1 @30" x 36", 2@ 24" x 36" Sometimes, dreams get passed through generations. Here's a pleasant one that was conceived by Charles G. Davis somewhere around 1905 and remembered by Weston Farmer in 1976. No doubt she'll spawn...

The Edwardian 50 has been designed for canal and inland river use. She has a beam of 7'6" which allows her to navigate much of our inland waterways and a height (air draft) which will let her get under most bridges. Her construction drawings are for...

The IC10 - a ply stitch and tape "B" Class International Canoe for Mr. Peter Rhodes-Dimmer - the first hull has been constructed by Alan Powell. The major idea behind this design was to produce an up-to-the-minute hull shape suitable for both inland and...

This design, for a Dutch client, has 8 planks per side which are simply stitched together edge to edge and finished with epoxy and tape. She may be fitted out in many different ways but the standard drawings show her with a steel centreboard which is...

DESCRIPTION ARTEMIS was designed as a solo cruising sailing canoe and as a paddling canoe for two. Brian Pearson (aka keyhavenpotterer) provided so much input that I name him as a co-developer here. ARTEMIS started as a design for myself, to be used on...

For a Digital Download of Joahsa Plans, click HERE A while ago I spent a season cruising in a very capable light dory I'd designed, the trips ranged from a week which took me from Dargaville down the Kaipara harbour to Helensville, to an afternoon trip...