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All the free boat plans I could find together on one page. It is a lot, so that’s why I made a category page so you can easily filter your needs and find the plan that suits your needs best as fast as possible.
When you want to go fishing on shallow waters then a Jon
Sunapee is a sturdy, well-built boat that in three years of active
Sometimes you just need an outboard engine to propel your skiff, dinghy,
If you’re looking for a unique and relatively easy boat-building project, the
Plans for a Scow Moth Introduction The Scow Moth is a wooden
Cata, the owner of the Tales of Three boats website, reached out
Tiny sailing tender, which makes her handy in operation, and easy to
This beautiful lined 14 ft skiff can be built using the lapstrake
Happy Clam is a 17′ x 5′ 6″ Seabright skiff. Among the
Duck hunting is a beloved pastime for many outdoor enthusiasts, and a
The jonboat is a very populair design. It’s generally an easy build
Do you need paddles? Are good paddles expensive? Are good-looking paddles even
Tanto is a 12ft 11in plywood sailing dinghy. A 4ft 3in daggerboard
TiKnot is a beautiful 8ft 4in sailing dinghy. This design is built
When I hear the name Eek A Mouse I usually think of
The flying mouse is a design that should be an easy and
Here are plans for a solo (11′ 9″) and a duo (15′
The 14′ 5″ sailing pirogue, which also can be rowed or powered
The 16 ft sailing dinghy is slightly bigger, a bit faster, perhaps
This 15ft x 5ft 10in sailing dinghy is a two-person sailing boat.
Rapid Robert is a type known as a McKenzie River Boat, designed
Dinky Dink is a small 6.5ft x 3.5ft dinghy that can be
Earlier I shared with you some plans for inflatable raft modifications. Here
An easy-to-build dinghy with multiple uses. The scow was designed both to
The Qivitoq is a 17’6″ x 24″ Inuit-style sea kayak and is
A 17′ x 22.5″ stitch & tape kayak. This project does NOT
Skippy is a 12′ 5″ by 3′ 5″ dinghy that can be
Kavalier 800 is another design by Albert Nazarov & Maxim Kovalyov from
Pilgrim is a 19ft 4in cabin sailor designed by Albert Nazarov. He
The PakYak is a 12′ plywood and aluminum frame, nylon canvas skin,
Egoist is a multichine plywood coastal cruiser, meant to be built in
Sometimes you can end up in a situation where your sail is
Junior is an easy row dinghy that can also be powered by
This is Slipper, a 15’3″ V hull cabin sailor. I like this
Robin is a small skin-on-frame pram design with a twist; a solid
The Mouse is a small boat that you can slap together in
This 420 Scow Cruiser is a 14-foot simple camper sailboat for two,
This is Fritz. Fritz is an easy to built small 8ft dinghy
Glider is a 12-foot plywood catamaran just for rowing. It has a
I already linked you to the Drifter 12, the Drifter 12L, and
The Drifter 14 trimaran is a bigger version of the Drifter 12
The Drifter 12 L is a higher performance version of the Drifter 12,
The Drifter 12 is a small plywood trimaran that can be paddled
For a small boat like the Sailing Pram, Blondie, and perhaps even the
Here are plans and instructions to sew your own dacron sail. Most
Tattoo is another design by Jordan Stavrev of Yakayak.net She is a
Plans for a kayak designed by Jordan Stavrev with enough storage in
These plans are a cross between Doris the dory and Thai fishing
Sea Babe is a 15 ft by 6 ft 4 in plywood
The nice thing about those old boat plans is that you can
Nancy Jane is a 19 ft runabout that should be powered by
HA’Penny is an 18′ by 5′ 7″ V bottom cruiser that can
Here are drawings of a 19’8″ by 4’8″ Sharpie sailboat. It’s an
Mii is a beautiful decked sailboat designed by Nils Björkman. The Mii
The Mouse is a 1 and a half sheet plywood boat for
The Hot Rat is a narrow 12ft scow sailboat with a flat
Build your own party boat for the summer. This is an easy
Float-A-Home is a 21 ft easy-to-build plywood houseboat that is very stable.
The Bayou Belle is a 25’8″ by 7′ 11″ plywood scow houseboat
Doris is a 16 ft plywood dory with built-in buoyancy and a
Plans for a 17′, a 20′ 8″, a 24′ 3″ and a
The importance of properly balanced oars to make rowing easy and more
What to do when you do have a surfboard and sail but
Plans for beautiful 7-foot oars made out of Western Red Cedar planks.
Polliwog is an 18ft by 6ft 5in sloop sailboat. A nice boat
Pirate is a 17 ft shoal draft cabin sharpie skiff. It is
Plans for three simple modular boats that can be nested and easily
The Blackfly is a 14 ft by 4 ft lapstrake plywood dinghy
Plans for a 9 ft sharpie that is easy to build and
EZ CANOE is an 11 ft canoe-like boat that paddles easily and
Tern is a beautiful 24′ x 6’8″ plank-on-frame Ketch. The construction is
This is a 15ft 6in length overall by 4ft beam skiff, designed
The Easy B plans contain plans for a 12′ and a 14′
Cinderella is a 12ft by 30in flat-bottomed, round-sided, elegant but easy to build
This 16 ft canoe is formed using plywood templates using 1/4″ x
Pintail is a 10′ x 40″ lightweight plywood duck boat for rowing
This is a sailing canoe made with the free tool FREE!ship that
With this description and measurements, it is not that difficult to build
This plywood 10′ multihull is for the more experienced boat builder. With
The Uffa10 is part of the ten-foot class. It is a boat
Mister Bean is a 10 ft trimaran built by Mario Falci. The
When on the water it’s always nice if you can find some
Step-by-step instructions and plans to make your own Intex Excursion foldable floor
When you haven’t got the finances or skills to build a boat,
A stunning beauty, that’s what this 16 ft sailing dinghy designed by
A fast, easy to plane two-person sailing dinghy for the experienced and
A sailing dinghy designed for a father/mother and son/daughter crew. But it
Another beautiful design by Radosław Werszko . Actually, there is one design
A small 8.5 ft pram for children to sail and have fun
Instructions on how to build your own plywood kiteboard. Making the board
Traditional Inuit kayak paddle. The paddle is 7 to 8 feet overall.
Jump-N-Jack is a boat that can be rowed or powered with an
Handy Andy is a 10′ x 42″ so-called “folding boat“. Folding boats
The Ozark Jonboat is a boat with quite a bit of history.
Siskiwit Bay Skin-on-Frame Sea Kayak Plans The Siskiwit Bay SOF is a
“TTB” is a small lightweight boat that could be easily towed behind,
With two 8×4 sheets of plywood, this dinghy could be 10-11 ft
Blondie, an 8’4″ x 4’3″ dinghy, is sized to hold an adult
The instructions are in French but because of the nice illustrations, you
These free oar plans and instructions are offered on the web by
Straight shaft canoe paddle templates. Print, draw, cut, and paddle. Go to
These plans are for a small 15-foot knockabout sailboat. You can build
These plans are for a small sailboat called the Biloxi Dinghy. Former
Designed as a fishing boat but she serves the pleasure-seeking boater as
This is a length – 7ft 9in. beam – 4ft lapstrake epoxy-plywood
Blackberry is an 11′ 3″ x 4′ Dory skiff designed for taped
A collection of homemade pontoon boats. Not actually plans but enough information
You can make a boat out of almost any material. That is
A bit like Wackie Lassie but slightly different. This 10′ canoe uses
If you love to go fishing but haven’t got the budget to
A 7′ 8″ one sheet skiff design. It can be sailed or
Chica is a lightweight 10’class trimaran design made out of plywood. Although
This is a catamaran design made out of polyurethane. With a length
A strange name for this design for two little plywood 10’class sailboats
Pogo is a small shallow draft paddle boat that is powered by
Mary is a two-person paddle-powered duck that can be built as a
The Pedal Cat is a 10′ paddle-wheel-driven catamaran. It’s like a bike
Detailed canoe plans of an 18′ x 35″ (5.5 m x .9
This is a plywood stitch & glue pontoon boat that is very
This Mini-Skiff is a ‘screw and glue’ design using a common construction
The smaller sister of the Portuguese Style Dinghy Her maximum beam is
This is a collection of free small designs mainly in the form
The smallest dinghy in the world. The length is the same as
This sculling trainer was designed with the following criteria in mind: light
Here are plans for two dories, Little Sister and Big Sister. The
This is a flat bottomed 14 ft rowing punt designed in line
This skiff follows the lines and building methods initially set up in
Two plans in this post for the beginner boat builder. 3SD, standing
The frame drawings of this dinghy were found in a book published
The “Mini Ekstock” measures 7’6″ x 4′ and can be built with
As you might have guessed this is the slightly bigger version of
“Sled” is not really a traditional boat design. You can compare this
This is a crazy design that looks like an English admiral’s hat
This design is an 18′ one-sheet canoe called “The Dug”. The prospect
Simplicity is not achieved by adding simplifications, but by removing complications. A
The simple plywood boat, Simbo. This is an easy start for boatbuilding.
This instructable describes the construction of a simple sail from cheap material.
A coracle (sometimes written also as “corracle”) is a small basket boat
The “Micro Auray” measures 7’2″ x 3’3″ and can be built using
This Fishing Punt is a 15’8″ work/fishing boat, that can be sculled
Here are the plans for the 8′ CubCanu and its bigger brother,
According to the designer Steven Lewis the Max Capacity Jonboat is the
DinghBat is an 8-foot heavy displacement Pram dinghy designed for use as
The South Haven Dory is a one-person rowing boat that is based
The Ensign’s Gig is made from two sheets of plywood. The sides
The Double Paddle Dory is a lightweight, inexpensive, easy-to-build one-person boat that
Electric Shock is a 13′ 6″ by 5′ 8″ skiff re-drawn for
An in-shore cruiser offering minimal camping facilities by Gavin Atkin Free plans
Apple Pie is a 7′ x 3’6″ yacht tender. It can be
The PDRacer is a developmental one-design racing sailboat that is basically a
The Herring Skiff was designed by Ira Einsteen and is a good-looking
This utility garvey was designed to fill a need for a simple
This is a small pirogue built from one sheet of 1/4″ marine
This is another easy start for boatbuilding designed by Hannu’s boatyard. A
A.k.a. “Least Cuts Boat”. This is a 15 ft Sharpie Skiff made
This is a 12 ft x 5ft plywood fishing boat that can
The budget houseboat is a plywood boat that can be built with
Eager Eve is a plywood cabin cruiser. She looks like an inboard
The Dolphin is a 16-foot plywood cabin cruiser specially designed for use
The Optimist is a small sailing dinghy that is used for competitions
A.k.a. OSS. The boat measures just under 8 feet from bow to
“Lisa B. Good” is the result of a discussion on the Yahoo
This kayak is designed to be a very simple and economical kayak
When John Milgate passed away, before passing he gave permission for his
The Cheap Canoe is made of plywood panels, cut flat on the
The successor of the D4 dinghy. This is a well-known design for
LOA: 11.5 ft. LWL: 10.5 ft. Beam: 24″ (chine), 30″(gunwale) 11 inch
The Summerbreeze is an 11’8″ long 50″ beam 16″ sides, high capacity
This free boat plan is a very nice but simple 10’6″ x
