Boats, Dories and other Watercraft
This free woodworking plans list features an extensive list of free building projects to construct boats and watercraft of all sizes and purposes. Not all of the listings provide exact details on building methods. Builders should have some knowledge of basic wood handling and its characteristics related to marine purposes. Specific questions related to building these projects should be addressed to the web site you visited. Look for the page navigation link near the bottom of this list as there are many more pages for free boat building projects.
Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. You will find many interesting plans to inspire yourself and those you care about.
Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. You will find many interesting plans to inspire yourself and those you care about.
Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. You will find many interesting plans to inspire yourself and those you care about.
This is a link to a Google 3D SketchUp drawing for an easy to build stand to support your small water craft. You will need the SketchUp software to download this drawing and its freely available online. We do not provide support for this software. Not all drawings have the measurements displayed but you can use the measurement tool in SketchUp to easily and accurately determine the dimensions of each lumber part. Most drawings do not have instructions, its assumed you can build it based on the completed drawing provided.
There were three or four nice designs in the book, a small sailing boat, an outboard lobster boat and a dory, whose lines caught and pleased my eye. The dory was the Bolger Light Dory, or Gloucester Gull. I made a note of the important measurements of the dory. Not many were needed: the side patterns, three bottom widths and the mid frame measurements. Then I forgot about the thing. Then one day...
An all purpose craft that will will suit a variety of uses.
Want a utility or racing boat?
This is an easy start for boat building. A very simple made out of simple materials, using a simple construction method and just the basic tools.
A super speedster.
This boat makes a stable fishing platform, and its big cockpit makes it safe for family boating.
The Micro Folding Dinghy is based on one of Matt Layden is early folding dinghies; however it incorporates some of Matts ideas as well as a few of our own to create a cheap and sturdy boat. The Micro Folding Dinghy is best suited to smaller people or for children, but it can be enlarged to fit larger folks...
8 foot flat. Large picture files to download so be patient.
Building wood, reclining water transportation, includes materials and tools list, diagrams. ...
A 16 foot cabin cruiser. Be patient when downloading, images at the site are large.
Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. You will find many interesting plans to inspire yourself and those you care about.
Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. Plans at this site are large and slow loading so be patient.
Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. Plans at this site are large and slow loading so be patient.
Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. Plans at this site are large and slow loading so be patient.
The humblest boat in the collection is definitely boat number 11 on plate 48, the Ekstock. This boat is also the only one with a flat bottom, flat sides and flat transoms. Ekstock is Swedish for punt, literally oak log. So the boat is a traditional Scandinavian punt.
A winter evening project for the sportsman who wants his own boat for next summer is outings.
A fin-tailed 15 foot outboard runabout.
38 mph, $38 to build and 38 hours to build. Price does not account for inflation :-)
Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. You will find many interesting plans to inspire yourself and those you care about.
Swamp Thing looks fairly sleek in some ways, but has low freeboard and holds only one person. We wanted to be able to go rowing together, but we also wanted to be able to pick the boats up and put them in the back of a small truck. That meant we each needed our own boat.
Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. Plans at this site are large and slow loading so be patient.
Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. You will find many interesting plans to inspire yourself and those you care about.
The Admirals Hat - A one sheet navy admirals hattorious hatship.
This one is the dory, or rather box shaped one that gave the highest work to flood inches figure for the two-chined hull forms.
Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. Plans at this site are large and slow loading so be patient.
A speedy 13 ft runabout.
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