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.
Cut out, match the lines, and trace onto your piece of wood. We recommend using a hardwood like ash with a minimum thickness of 3/4 inches.
A boat made of just a single standard sheet of plywood.
A lightweight speedy outboard runabout.
A speedy 13 ft runabout.
38 mph, $38 to build and 38 hours to build. Price does not account for inflation :-)
A 9 foot 10 inch step. Large images to download, be patient.
The genesis of this design grew out of my experience with my Michalak Sportdory. Sportdory is a wonderful rowing boat, but it is a little too long and heavy to be car-topped easily. It is also a little too tiddly for fishing to be relaxing.
15 foot. Large picture files to download so be patient.
The canoe is 13 feet by 31 inches, but no great harm can result from making it a little shorter or stretching it to 15 or 16 feet. Nowadays we would add watertight bulkheads in the ends for flotation.
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.
Flat bottom cajun style boat. DXF Format
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. 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. 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.
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.
Colorful appearance and peddle operated paddle wheels keep admirer is standing in line for another ride.
Welcome to the home of free boat and model airplane plans. Plans at this site are large and slow loading so be patient.
The idea for this pram came to me as I sat in the shade beside the dock of a small Breton port in late summer. A small boy not much older than my six-year-old son was playing in a round-bilged little simulated clinker pram; he was an expert at rowing and sculling and he seemed to be having a grand time.
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.
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.
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