Ray Aldridge has designed a slick little 16' sailing catamaran with "sit in" hulls. He's built one and his site has lots of pictures and even videos.

He's working on making plans available.

Got an email from Kay referring to her and her husband Doug's web site where they are chronicling the home build of their personal submarine. Not something that everybody (even boatbuilders) will choose to bite off.

They also have details on a ROV (underwater Remote Operated Vehicle) that they provide plans for building your own.

Their next project is going to be a home build Origami (steel) sail boat.  read more »

Gavin Atkin of InTheBoatShed.net had a recent post pointing us to the "Handy Andy", an older set of plans for a folding dinghy. Svenson's site has the plans available.

Looks like an interesting site to nose around otherwise, also!

In another of our revisits of an old friend, Devlin Designing Boat Builders has totally revamped their web page. Lot's more detail, current news and comments, and much easier to navigate. Make sure and check it out. read more »

Another designer that I have followed extensively and drooled over. Mr. MacNaughton has a large collection of sail and power designs available as plans. He also does custom design work.

Of special note to those budding designers, MacNaughton operates a well respected (and affordable) correspondence yacht design school. I may still do that someday... read more »

A recent comment points us to a site with some more free vintage boat plans. Might be worth a look and see if they have anything you are interested in.

Welcome to vintageboatplans.com... read more »

Morten Olesen offers a fairly wideranging set of plans geared around the beginning boat builder. Mostly smaller craft, but some nice looking boats.

Easy-To-Follow Wooden Boat Plans Available for Instant Download boat plans
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A supplier of kits and plans for kayaks and other small craft. Neat site, lots of details, forums and some good building tips.


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Keith has a nice site with some very nice looking small craft. He offers build-it-yourself plans that run between $5 and $35... extremely reasonable.