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We've built some great boats over the years on The Boat Shop and we offer planbooks and videos for many of them. If you'd like to learn more about them, read on. If you already know what plan or video you want to buy, click over to our Order Form.

Weekend Skiff

Building the Weekend Skiff is a fun way to spend a weekend and get an excellent small boat easily and inexpensively. The Weekend Skiff is designed for two adults or several children and can be adapted to sail or small outboard.

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Moondance
Length 14'2" to 15'
Beam: 4'
Draft:2-4"

Nimrod Ultralight Canoe

The Nimrod is a Geodesic Airolite boat that consists of a simple, lightweight, wooden framework, braced with triangulated Kevlar® roving strands. This rugged basket-like frame is then covered with tough heat shrink aircraft type Dacron® that is sealed with paint, varnish or an iron-on Mylar film. The skin may be left translucent or finished in a color.

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Length 1'5"
Beam:34"
Weight: 14 lbs
Capacity: 250 lbs
Build Time:30-60 hrs

Six Hour Canoe

Building the Six-Hour Canoe is a wonderful way to get afloat. Quickly and simply built, the Six-Hour Canoe is suitable for builders and paddlers young and old. Inexpensive to build, using common tools and materials, it can give almost anybody access to boat building and to a boat.

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Six Hour Canoe
Length 15'3"
Beam: 31 1/2"
Weight:50-60 lbs
Capacity: 225 lbs
Build Time: 25-40 hrs

Sweet Dream

Build the canoe of your dreams in about 60 hours with no prior boat building experience! Dimensioned hull plans for 12, 13 and 14-foot versions, detailed building sequence, tips and techniques for painting and varnishing, and hard-to-find background and reference material. Sweet Dream is easily and quickly built using hand and basic electric tools -- the fastest way to build an all-wood canoe.

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Sweet Dream
Length 12'10"
Beam: 30"
Weight: 25 lbs


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