Click Here for the Plans Oars or a small outboard motor may also be used to power this versatile Free Sailboat Plans. Dart Dart” is a small two or three person sailing craft, designed for use on protected waters such as bays. lakes, rivers or wherever sheltered waters are found. ...
Stand up steady, it will make a great weekender for the sole hunter and fisherman, or woman. The cost to build is a modest $200, plus outfitting. Plenty of room to stow gear, and will travel 4 mph with a trolling motor. Will accept a small (2.5 hp) gas motor with transom modifica...
The Viola will be OK while your son is really small. I designed it around being optimal for one adult. But I left enough margin for decent sailing performance with two adults providing they are not too large. Maybe it tops out at around 350 pounds or a bit more. With that weight it ...
John Harris built this simple outboard bracket for PocketShip #1 and it has worked admirably. "Go simple, and if that appeals to you then there is no more simple way to cruise than this design from John C. Harris. ...This is one dandy looking little boat. It’s shapely, with lots ...
This skeg was a bit undersized, while I could make the kayak go where I needed with a bit of extra muscle, It is just to small for safety. (My wife was caught in a strong wind in Sawfish recently and ended up on the downwind shore, she just couldn't get the bow to turn into ...
A few months ago, home editor Roy Berendsohn tried his hand boat-building, making a 10-foot dinghy using old Popular Mechanics plans from 1937, hand tools and a cramped garage.
Stand Up Paddle ( aka SUP ) is the new kind of beach toy whose diffusion literally exploded in the last few years all around the world; of course I couldn’t resist the temptation of designing one of them suited for homebuilders ; so here we are, I designed and […] ...