Teach Yourself to Sail
Ten Essential Knots
Marine Plywood Article.
Making a handmade carbon fiber mast for your sailing dinghy
Making a birdsmouth mast
My sailmaking experiments
Making a Puddle Duck Racer
Launching a stitch and glue Apple Pie Pram that I built as a tender for my Tanzer. The plans were free
Small Print
This information is for general knowledge.
Wooden Boat Plans and Kits
Many boat plans are offered online. At first everything is very confusing, then you start to get some idea of the different types of boats available. Free is not always best or most economical in the end, do your homework. Some Great designs are available free though. My little Apple pie dinghy was a free design
There are many yahoo groups for the better known designs, its worth exploring.
Often a kit is not any more expensive than building from plans. It also saves quite alot of time since you dont have to loft the boat, and cut out the major pieces of the boat. It also saves alot of time going to get materials.
Boat Plans in no Particular Order.
Email me if a link is broken. I try to update everything often but the internet is a fast paced place. (and I'm not so quick)
| Wooden Boat Plans from Michael Storer. Famous for his Goat Island Skiff and Beth Canoes Michael Storer has a wide range of wooden boat plans and designs. | Hartley Boat Plans Everything from a tiny dinghy to a 63 ft Schooner. Several Stitch and Glue designs. | In the boatshed has several free boat plans. A mother lode of nice designs. Lots of easy to build stitch and glue plans | Boat design.net has lots of links to free boat plans. Many links are not so good. Some are fine. |
| Dynamite Payson known for his instant boats books and no nonsense boat building. Well worth looking at the website and studying the Bolger plans. | Clark Craft sells many Kits including cedar strip. They also have plans for many wooden boats from a 6 foot pram all the way to a 28 ft cruiser. | Free plans for a Bernarda 10 Well not quite free, you have to send the designer a photocopy of your money!! This is a delightful read. | Glen L has boat plans for many types of construction including steel, aluminium, and of course wood. Many styles of boat too. |
| Classic Wooden Boat Plans specializes in wooden motor boats. | Portuguese style dinghy, free plans. Cute row boat. | Puddle Duck Racer, the little boat that could. Very simple 8ft boat. Free plans. | One Sheet Skiff free plans by McLeod. |
| Lady Bug Boats. Plywood Skiff plans. | Mouse Boats on Yahoo groups. Lots of fun in a tiny boat. | Atkin free boat plan page. | Hannu's Boatyard has several free plans for one sheet boats. Minimalism boating! |
| Plans for wooden boats, steel kits, plus much more from Fineline boat plans and designs. Mostly large boats 18 to 65 feet. | Pocket Yacht Plans including the boatiest of boats the Weekender! | Wooden Boat Plans for Lobster boats, sports fisher and Dories. | Many Boat Plans from Bateau.com including a couple of free designs. There is an Optimist Racer kit motor boats sailboats and more. |
| Dudley Dix Yacht Design has boat plans for canoes, dinghies, monohulls and multihull sailboats plus power boats. | Spira International has boat plans, in particular dory style drift boats. He has Kayaks, Ultralights and power boats. | Applegate Boatworks wooden boat plans has pirogues, pram | Canadian Canoes has kits and offers boat building classes. |
| Boat Plans and Kits from Chesapeake Light Craft (home of my Skerry design) | Fyne Boat Kits CLC UK boat plans and kits | Chesapeake Marine Design has plans including a new electric boat section. | Common Sense Boats has plans and kits. Phil Bolgers designs |
| Green Valley Boat Works kits and plans for Canoes and Kayaks. | Guillemot Kayaks, plans and kits, also Custom build. | Simplicity Boats has plans and projects. | Lysander 17 ft trailer sailer. Owners Association page includes plans. |
| Mill Boats has many options and kits | Boat plans from Cajune Boats. Fishing boats and dories. | Newfound Woodworks has cedar strip kits for kayaks, canoes and row boats. | Orca Boats has plans and kits for wooden canoes and Kayaks |
| Parker Marine has mostly larger boats but some smaller designs as well. | Paul Gartside offers plans, boats and custom boatbuilding. Water Craft magazine publishes free complete sets of Paul Gartside plans in every issue. | PK boatplans offers some free plans as well as regular plans. Interesting link to Naval Architect's Noteboat for design calculations and reports. | Wooden Boat Plans has designs for many types of boats. |
| Boat plans and finished boats from SeaDog Boats. | Robert Baker boat plans Classic Small Boat designs and plans. | World famous Atkins boat plans. Dozens of proven boat plans from the tiniest dinghy to large motor boats. Well worth spending time here. | Seaside Small Craft has Kits for variety of boats. They offer CNC cutting service. Offers free CNC cutting files for a lapstrake rowing boat. |
| Barrow Boat Company has kits and partially built boats. | Stillwater Boats, Lovely boats in either plan or kit form | Stimson Marine has plans for skin on frame, kayak and sail boats. | Tender Craft Boat Shop has kits, plans and traditional (and modern) building materials |
| Shell Boats has plans for small sailboats. | Steve Redmond Boat Plans (also Tesla Turbine, Gingery Lathe and Wood Chip Burning Furnace.) | Plans for Selway Fisher Design yacht and Boats. | Benford Design Group has boat plans of many styles of contruction. |
| Bruce Roberts offers boat plans for many styles of boats. These are mostly larger boats. | Pygmy Boats, Kits for Kayaks. A few of the boats are offered as plans. | Creek Sneak has boat kits for fishing and sneak boats. | Wooden Boat Plans for the Amateur builder. pirogues, duck hunters, johnboats. |
| Dancing Waters Boat Kit Company | Wooden Widget has amazing folding boat, skin on frame row boats. | Bowen boatplans Mostly larger sailboats and power boats. | Blake Boatworks Boat Plans |
| Duckworks boatbuilding plans from many designers. This is a fabulous boat building resource. Lots of plans but also articles and information on boatbuilding. Supplies and hardware. | Merry Wherry Kits and wooden boat plans for performance rowing boats | Uncle John's General store offers plans for a skiff that can be rowed or sailed. | Well respected designer of power and sail boats Sam Devlin offers plans, kits, and models. You can even charter one of their boats. |
| Boat Plans from Morten Olesen. He offers 3D computer models, courses and Plans. | Boat plan Directory from Wooden Boat Magazine. Many different types of boats plus kits. A goldmine of plans. | Bear Mountain Boats, Plans for stunning canoes and kayaks and small boats made by the wood strip building method. | Harry Proa Plans Large proa and multihull. |
| Wooden Boat Plans and Designs from Arch Davis Designs has small sailboats, skiffs and more. | Devlin's Boat Building Book | Free boat plans pdf in french. | Clown 450 voile aviron |
| Plans and boats by Francois Vivier, naval architect. Some lovely boats here. | Bateau Bois is a French wooden boat site with lots and lots of information and plans. Well worth wandering through. | Gary Dierkin Proa sailing and plans | Michalak's Toto Canoe stylish and easy to build. |
| One Ocean Kayaks Wood strip and stitch and glue kits. | Create your own stitch and glue patterns with this software Washington Woodcraft.com | Shearwater Boats offer plans, classes, kits and boats. | B&B Yacht Design has plans for kayaks, tenders and cruisers, and many more styles. |
| Fine Wood Watercraft Plans and boats in many different constructions including skin on frame and stitch and glue. | Bowdidge Marine Designs | Stanley Small Craft Low Cost Boats, Kits and DIY. Some stitch and glue plans. | Plans for U Expired copyright plans |
| All about houseboats Plans for building your own houseboat. | Swan Boat Design. Quality wooden boat plans for home and professional builders. | Conpumarine has Lovely cedar stip boat plans | Lidgard Yacht Design Larger boats and Catamarans boat plans |
| Slidercat A catamaran aimed at family sailing and cruising | Muskoka Sea Flea Power boat plans | Portable Boat Plans, Small, foldable and easily transportable boat plans | Carlson Design Folding Kayak Plans |
| Free Punt Plans I found in an old children's book. As simple as boat building gets. | St Mary's Riverboat punt plans free. | Free paddle Plans Plans for a canoe paddle from an old book in my family | Hewes and Co. Iain Oughtred boat kits. |
| Wooden Boat Store has plans for many boats and also has hardware. | Noahs Marine has boat kits and plans as well as supplies such as plywood, epoxy and fiberglass. | Redfish Custom Kayak and Canoe Co. Plans and custom built boats | Saetta Classic Boat I'm not sure they offer plans, but its worth a visit to see a fabulous wooden classic power boat. (Wooden boat magazine has them listed as offering kits or plans.) |
| National Museum of American History boat plans from the Smithsonian. | Jim Michalak's Boat designs You can lose yourself for hours in Jim's website, enjoy. | Sturdy Reliable Workboats from Bartender boats. Plans and some custom built boats | Wharram Designs This is a treat for Catamaran and outrigger fans. Plans for some very long boats are available. Enjoy. |
| Geodesic Aerolite Ultra-light boats, skin and frame designs. Weight of full sized finished boats range from 8 lbs to about 40 lbs. | D.N. Hylan and Associates has plans for several traditional sailers including a peapod, as well as several powerboats. | Free Plans for English Duck Punt ON Keep Turning Left, designed by Flo Mo. | Free Kayak Plans from Doug Garmon |
| Madrigal, John Hawes 22 feet low cost seaworthy, lee board yacht. |
I try to be accurate and check my information, but mistakes happen.
email me if you find mistakes, I'll fix them and we'll all benefit: Christine