Boats

No need to be without toys when you have scrap wood laying around. Build a fleet of wooden toy boats using the free instructions at the link.

Flat bottom cajun style boat. DXF Format

Flying Mouse is an exercise to develop just about the smallest, cheapest possible sailing boat I can conceive. As a result, its not a boat to which you can safely trust your life in any sort of waves - as anyone who climbs into a Flying Mouse will quickly figure out.

The Admirals Hat - A one sheet navy admirals hattorious hatship.

May be suitable for carving, woodburning (pyrography), intarsia or scrollsaw ideas.

I found the frame drawings of this dinghy in a book published in 1957, thatâs why Dinghy -57 inches. This is an adaptation of those drawings to stich and glue construction.

This little gem is from a 1948 edition of Boat Builder is Annual.

This cartoon character pattern may be suitable for carving, woodburning (pyrography), intarsia or scrollsaw ideas.

This updated and completely revised publication follows an exhaustive study by the author in collaboration with research institutions and engineers on structural timber design applied to wooden boat construction. The designs included are appropriate for inshore and coastal fisheries and emphasis has been placed on relative ease of construction and minimum wastage of timber.

May be suitable for carving, woodburning (pyrography), intarsia or scrollsaw ideas.

O.K., long time coming, here are my latest plans for a Stitch-and-Tape kayak, (currently not named) once again, copywrited by me, but available for personal use.

Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. Plans at this site are large and slow loading so be patient.

Mouse started life as a one-sheeter, that is, an exercise to develop the smallest, cheapest possible boat. As a result, it is not a boat to which you can safely trust your life in any sort of waves - as anyone who climbs into a Mouse will quickly realize.

I think this boat could be quite something - a fast 14ft one-man rower that comes out of two sheets of ply. Designed for flat water, you will notice that in order to reduce the fuss at the waterline to a minimum, I have worked the waterline at the design displacement so that it just kisses the chine.

So you have always wanted your own canoe? Here is how to build it.

I am just waiting for the day when I become a grandfather. From that day on I will have a good reason to build things like this.

This runabout is designed for speedy transportation over protected waters.

A 9 foot 10 inch step. Large images to download, be patient.

Summer Breeze was designed to be the most boat from the least materials. It is a robust all purpose skiff targeted primarily at pleasurable rowing and sailing in protected waters, but also suitable for a small motor. It is light enough to car top, narrow enough for most truck beds and yet has capacity for two adults and a child.

The Big Sister design is a 19 ft 5 inches x 5 ft 6 inches (5.9 m x 1.6 m) banks type dory. Based on the design criteria presented above, with the ability to carry at least three or four people.

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.

.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.

This free woodworking plans and woodworking projects page is courtesy of the Meliz Crafts web site.

An easily built 9 foot pram.

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.

Want a utility or racing boat?

A motorized paddle wheel flat bottomed boat.