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.
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.
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.
Sailing Surfboard: A Free 1954 Plan for a Plywood Sail Board
Hi Sibley's 1954 plywood sailing surfboard is 12 ft 3 in long with a 10 oz duck sail on an 8 ft 6 in mast.
The Falcon: A 14 ft Sloop With White Oak Framing
A 14 ft centerboard sloop in plywood over white oak framing, carrying two to four people.
Pod: A 15 ft Frameless Boat Plan From Three Plywood Pieces
Gordon L. Hansen's 15 ft 5 in boat made from three pieces of marine plywood with no frames required.
King Canvasback: A 15 ft Canvas-Covered Boat on a Keelson
John M. Miller Jr.'s King Canvasback has plywood frames from templates, a keelson and a canvas skin, 15 ft long and 31 in wide.