Boats, Dories and other Watercraft

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.

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.

9 ft 6 in Flat. Large images to download, be patient.

Be patient when downloading, images at the site are large.

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

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.

A 12 ft sailor that will also fit 2-3 hp outboard motors.

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.

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.

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.

Build this kayak with hand tools and C-clamps.

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

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 fin-tailed 15 foot outboard runabout.

An outboard 11 foot. Large images to download, be patient.

An 11 foot outboard. Images are large so be patient when downloading.

As simple as it can get. This is another easy start for boat building. A very simple 7 foot 4 inches x 3 foot 10 inch dinghy, made out of simple materials, using a simple construction method and just the basic tools. And perhaps even simpler than the original one sheet Simbo.

A 9 foot 6 inch rowboat. Be patient when downloading from this host site, images are large.

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.

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 canoe on the beach at Slopeng on the north shore of Madura. Slopeng is the name in Bahasa Madura, the local language, but some maps call it Salompeng.

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.

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

The character and object of this book are set forth on its title page. It is a manual designed for the practical assistance of those who wish to build their own canoes.

The Z, or 48 cubic inch racing runabout is the smallest inboard raceboat recognized by the APBA.

Cruising comfort and runabout speed are packed into this 15ft boat.