Boats

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

This little gem is from a 1950 edition of Boat Builders Annual. Hi Sibley may have foreseen the Bolger Box boat movement! You think?

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

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.

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.

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.

A sailboard rig is going to be a winner on looks and also efficiency, but everything else about this boat has got to look cool and be efficient too - in order to match that sail in the kids minds, even the daggerboard and rudder have got to have a little something about them. It also has to be a sit-on boat rather than a sit-in one. The basic dimensions close I have chosen are close to those of a couple of plastic mass-produced designs aimed at the young and intended for the same sort of purpose as here.

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.

An easily built 9 foot pram.

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.

A winter evening project for the sportsman who wants his own boat for next summer is outings.

A 7 ft 8 inch one sheet skiff.

A motorized paddle wheel flat bottomed boat.

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

8 foot. Large picture files to download so be patient.

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

The Qivitoq is an Inuit-style Sea Kayak, and was heavily based on native design. The original inspiration came from the Chewonki Kayak. That article and others on Greenland type kayaks were the foundation.

A 20 foot cabin cruiser. Be patient when downloading, images at the site are large.

Our motto is cheap, creative, and having fun on the water inches. The PDRacer is a one design racing sailboat that is basically a plywood box with a curved bottom, and is the easiest boat in the world to build. Free plans, free club, all boats must have have the lower 10 inches of their hulls be alike, but the rest is up to the builder. You can put any type of sail rig or underwater fins that you wish. Also the interior and deck above 10 inches is completely up to you.

The Bugis ethnic group of Sulawesi are famous for their maritime exploits. These exploits once included enough piracy to inspire our word boogey-man inches or bogey-man inches. Today their huge fleet of wooden Pinisi inches ships carry freight all around the islands of S.E. Asia. Less known are their outrigger canoes. Hereâs one particularly cute example of the Lepa-lepa inches. Syamsuryadi aka Syamsu inches built it in 1999 for fishing.

This is a simple project when pre-cut pieces are used. Scrap pine can be used for all parts.

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.

Flat bottom cajun style boat. DXF Format

A nice and simple touring canoe that will build quickly for a minimal cost.

Pontoons can be hard to find or expensive. The alternative is welding your own which is an entirely different set of challenges. So why not make your own pontoons out of simple stitch and glue techniques? Known for their great stability, pontoons boats are perfect for cruising calm waters, casual recreation, as a swim platform, as a fishing platform, and more.

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.