Kid's Paddle-Pusher: A Free Plan for a 4 ft Children's Boat
Hi Sibley's 48 in children's paddle boat has a marine plywood deck and bottom, pine sides and end buoyancy chambers.
Author
Uzeyir
- 106 articles
- Writing on trendhub since May 2025
Articles by Uzeyir
Pogo: A Flat-Bottom Paddle-Wheel Boat for Weedy Water
Jimmy Tench's Pogo pushes itself with an engine-driven stern paddle wheel, so there is no propeller to tangle in weeds.
Flying Fisherman: A Free Plan for an 11 ft 6 in Fishing Boat
An 11 ft 6 in fishing boat in plywood or canvas-covered cedar, for a small kicker up to a 20 hp outboard.
Corky: A 39 in Inner-Tube Sailboat for Young Sailors
A tiny sailboat built around a car inner tube, with a white pine frame and a broomstick mast and boom.
Battle of the Surf Boards: A Plywood Paddleboard Plan
An 8 ft plywood paddleboard from a single panel, plus a rain-spout water gun with a rubber-band plunger for splash battles.
Hollow Hawaiian Surfboard: Tom Blake's Classic Wooden Board
Tom Blake's hollow surfboard, 12 ft 10 in long, built with spruce ribs and African mahogany planking.
PM's Platform Boat: A Pontoon Houseboat You Customize
Arthur M. Mikesell's pontoon platform boat from Popular Mechanics gives you a deck to build any superstructure you like.
AquaRacer: Hal Kelly's 1975 Tunnel-Hull Outboard Racer
A tunnel-hull racer from Mechanix Illustrated, February 1975, with plywood sponsons and an afterplane, built for a J class stock outboard.
Sport Submarine: A Build-Your-Own Electric Wet Sub Plan
A Mechanix Illustrated wet submarine with a foam core, fiberglass and epoxy skin, and electric power.
Rowing-Sailing Dory: A Free Bob Whittier Plan
Bob Whittier's modernized dory, based on an old apple-wood-framed boat, can be rowed, sculled or sailed.
A Small Cruising Sloop: Edson I. Schock's 1965 Pocket Cruiser
A planked sloop with a ballast keel, small cabin and auxiliary engine, drawn by Edson I. Schock in 1965.
Little Chief: A Stringer-Built Paddling Boat
Twelve stringers over molds give Little Chief its rounded, molded lines; paddle it, or fit a small outboard with slight changes.