Free Boat Plans

Coolwater Shanty Boat
Well, maybe it might cost a little more in today's money. These plans even detail how to make a built in wooden bilge pump!

Halfpea
The smallest dinghy in the world, or should I add, the smallest decent (well, semi decent, at least ;-) dinghy in the world. Free plans and building instructions.

Sunapee 22-Foot Cruiser
Free Plans for the Sunapee 22' Cruiser designed by Carl Gage. From the 1935 edition of "Twenty Boats You Can Build".

Dinghy-57
We found the frame drawings of this dinghy in a book published in 1957, that's why "Dinghy -57". This is an adaptation of those drawings to stich and glue construction. The "Dinghy -57" measures 7'10" x 3'4" and barely fulfills my "minimum boat requirements"...

Free Boat Designs
Includes plans for a small pram, oarmouse, flying mouse, mouse, light rowing skiff, dogsbody outboard skiff, electric schock, and your basic plywood dinghy. Construction details in both gif and dxf forms plus instructions for cutting out the ply material for...

Dock Box
Storage designed for waterfront living It’s a beautiful day in cottage country, and you’re about to step into the boat. The sun is warm, the water is glistening, life is good. It’s a perfect scene, the kind of thing summer memories are made of—at least,...

JEM Watercraft Plans
Free pontoon boat plans, free touring canoe plans, free portage yoke plans, and free kayak plans.

Pocket Cruiser
This little boat (5.5m long) was conceived for easy coastal sailing. "Egoist" is her name and sailing is her game. Build it from plywood with easy stitch and glue techniques.

Boat In A Kit
Back in the days when small boats were powered by oar and sail, they had to move easily through the water. And it's no surprise that they looked good, too. The water-kindly lines that enabled a hull to slip effortlessly through a calm or handle a freshening...

Pirogue
Flat bottom cajun style boat. DXF Format.

Wooden Dinghy
Building plans for boats designed and built by Radoslaw Werszko. Stitch-and-glue plywood construction.

Svenson's Free Boat Plans
Free Boat Plans from "Science and Mechanics","Boat Builder Handbook" and other very old magazines.

Ice Flyer Classic Wood Boat
The Ice Flyer Classic is a simple to build ice boat constructed mostly of wood and has identical balancing as the Ice Flyer. This produces a boat with good performance in light wind ("darn" good if the inverted airfoil "exit foils" are implemented on...

The Dug
This design is an attempt to overcome the balancing difficulties inherent in the original "maximum volume" design. The design has been modified, using the righting moment calculator from the Stability section as an aid, to give an acceptable compromise...

Black Arrow
An outboard racing runabout designed especially for easy plywood construction by Bruce N. Crandell circa 1947.

Fishing Boat Designs
V-bottom boats of planked and plywood construction. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper.

Simple Dinghy
This is another easy start for boatbuilding. A very simple 7'4" x 3'10" dinghy, made out of simple materials, using a simple construction method and just the basic tools.

Micro Folding Dinghy
The Micro Folding Dinghy is based on one of Matt Layden's early folding dinghies; however it incorporates some of Matt's ideas as well as a few of our own to create a cheap and sturdy boat.