Free Boat Plans

Boat In A Kit
Back in the days when small boats were powered by oar and sail, they had to move easily through the water. And it's no surprise that they looked good, too. The water-kindly lines that enabled a hull to slip effortlessly through a calm or handle a freshening breeze produced some of the most graceful...

Ice Flyer Classic Wood Boat
The Ice Flyer Classic is a simple to build ice boat constructed mostly of wood and has identical balancing as the Ice Flyer. This produces a boat with good performance in light wind ("darn" good if the inverted airfoil "exit foils" are implemented on...

Simple Oars
Strong, lightweight oars made from spruce or other comparable woods.

Pirogue
Flat bottom cajun style boat. DXF Format...

Quick-N-Dirty Oars
I made these in just under an hour for absolutely ZIP! Of course, I did have the scrap just laying around to use, but even if you have to buy the PVC, it won't be more than a few dollars!

Dock Box
Storage designed for waterfront living It’s a beautiful day in cottage country, and you’re about to step into the boat. The sun is warm, the water is glistening, life is good. It’s a perfect scene, the kind of thing summer memories are made of—at least, until the clammy embrace...

Pocket Cruiser
This little boat (5.5m long) was conceived for easy coastal sailing. "Egoist" is her name and sailing is her game. Build it from plywood with easy stitch and glue techniques.

Fishing Boat Designs
V-bottom boats of planked and plywood construction. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper.

Free Boat Designs
Includes plans for a small pram, oarmouse, flying mouse, mouse, light rowing skiff, dogsbody outboard skiff, electric schock, and your basic plywood dinghy. Construction details in both gif and dxf forms plus instructions for cutting out the ply material for hull and decking.

Svenson's Free Boat Plans
Free Boat Plans from "Science and Mechanics","Boat Builder Handbook" and other very old magazines.

Black Arrow
An outboard racing runabout designed especially for easy plywood construction by Bruce N. Crandell circa 1947.

JEM Watercraft Plans
Free pontoon boat plans, free touring canoe plans, free portage yoke plans, and free kayak plans.

Paddle Plans
Plans for a classic single bladed paddle, double bladed paddle, and bent single bladed paddle.

Oar Plans
Free plans for simple but good looking oars. These oars were designed and built by Spark Geissler, a frequent contributor to boatbuilding message boards and builder of a V10.

Wooden Dinghy
Building plans for boats designed and built by Radoslaw Werszko. Stitch-and-glue plywood construction.