Boats

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 one is the dory, or rather box shaped one that gave the highest work to flood inches figure for the two-chined hull forms.

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.

A super speedster.

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.

One day I decided I need a sculling training boat that is not of fishing boat style, but rather of Olympic style. With a sliding seat, and probably outriggers too.

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

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

This is a miniature version of the same punt, adjusted to be made of one and a half sheets of plywood. Or two boats out of three sheets. As it happens, the boat scales down very nicely. The overall shape is conserved beautifully.

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 1950 edition of Boat Builder is Annual. Also a note from Tom Dacon who had one as a boy.

The Little Sister Eco design is basically just like any 18 ft x 4 ft (5.5 m x 1.2 m) banks type dory.

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 7 ft 8 inch one sheet skiff.

A speedy 13 ft runabout.

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

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.

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

Flat bottom cajun style boat. DXF Format

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. 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.

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. You will find many interesting plans to inspire yourself and those you care about.

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

With one person aboard, the Ace will goes 32 mph with a 16 hp outboard motor.

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.