Browsing Plans and Kits
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- Specialty Small Craft - http://www.specialtysmallcraft.com
- Specialty Small Craft, a canadian company, offers kits for many classic boats designed by Steve Killing, an America's Cup yacht designer.
- Guillemot Kayaks Paddle Plans - http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/Building/Guillemot/Paddle/paddle.html
- Plans for making your own laminated wood sea kayak paddles.
- SwallowBoats - http://www.swallowboats.com
- Beautiful boat designs for rowing and sailing. I'm drawn to the 15 foot Osprey that can be rowed or sailed and is light enough to throw on the roof rack.
- Bateau - http://www.bateau.com/index.php
- "boat plans on line since 1993"
Bateau.com is an easy to use site offering a variety of small boat plans for the home builder.
- Building the Greenland Kayak : A Manual for Its Contruction and Use - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071392378
- A book by Christopher Cunningham with instructions for building traditional greenland style boats.
- SurfYak.com - http://www.surfyak.com/index.html
- Play in the surf kayak plans.
- Shearwater Boats - http://www.shearwater-boats.com/index.html
- Boat plans and kits, including the Eider, a Stitch and Glue kayak for families.
- Guillemot Kayaks - http://www.kayakplans.com
- Guillemot Kayaks are well known for their beauty and performance. Designer Nick Schade provides loads of information and services for the boat-building community. Take your time exploring the site, it will be time well spent.
- Jordan Wood Boats - http://www.jordanwoodboats.com/home.htm
- Along with traditional lapstrake and plywood boats, Jordan Wood Boats offers cradle boats so you can get your child started early.
- Waters Dancing - http://www.watersdancing.com/waters/index.htm
- "Producers of kayak and canoe kits since 1955."
- Arch Davis Design - http://www.by-the-sea.com/archdavisdesign/
- Plans for several sailing and rowing boats.
- The Woodenboat Store - http://www.woodenboatstore.com
- Plans and kits, including the Nutshell pram. Affiliated with "WoodenBoat" magazine.
- Newfound Woodworks - http://www.newfound.com
- "Canoe, kayak and rowing boat kits in plywood, cedar strip and hybrid construction."
- Ken Hankinson Associates - http://boatdesigns.com/
- Plans, patterns and kits for big and small boats.
- Chesapeake Marine Design - http://www.cmdboats.com
- Karl Stambaugh designed boats. Plans include skiffs, daysailers, sharpies and cruisers.
- Pygmy - http://www.pygmyboats.com
- John Lockwood designed boat kits.
- Glen-L - http://www.glen-l.com
- Large collection of boat plans, rich design catalog and good overall resource for amateur boat building.
- Roy Folland Wooden Kayaks - http://royfolland.com/
- Plywood kit manufacturer.
- Redfish Kayaks - http://www.redfishkayak.com/
- A custom wood kayak and canoe company that provides kits, plans and built boats. Their site includes a nice gallery of pretty strip-built boats.
- Clark Craft - http://www.clarkcraft.com
- Makers of boat kits and plans, clark craft has a vast selection spanning from surfboards to hovercraft.
- Chesapeake Light Craft - http://www.clcboats.com
- Chesapeake Light Craft designs plywood boats for the home builder. A growing selection of boats, includes kayaks, canoes, rowing boats, sailboats and now a motor boat.
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