Model Your Own Dream Boat: A Free 1954 Weston Farmer Guide
Weston Farmer's 1954 article on modelling a boat design, from the Sports Afield Boatbuilding Annual.
Free Boat-building Plans
You can download free classic boat-building plans, explained in easy-to-understand language: the purpose of each boat, its dimensions, and what is needed to build it.
Making Full-Size Boat Plans: A 1949 Guide to Lofting
William D. Jackson's 1949 how-to on lofting a boat full size from a lines plan and table of offsets.
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.
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.