boat and daggerboard
Plans
Get started with your next project.
Building in your shed is one of life’s simple pleasures.
Get started today, making your next home project. Small boats are fun to make, and fun to use. You don’t need many tools, or much room to do it, a single-car garage will do just fine. Turn heads when you head to the water, with something you created yourself.
Noosa
Full Plans – for building the 3.45m plywood runabout “Noosa”
A boat small enough to build in your garage and narrow enough to walk along the footpath to the water. Still large enough to take plenty of gear with you. She gets up and planes with a 3.3hp motor. Recommended motor size 3.3—5hp. Click on the picture to learn more.
Geelong
Full plans – to build the 4.7m plywood multihull “Geelong”
Basic Plans to build this boat, which you can walk to the water. Another boat you can build in your garage. How you rig it is up to you. She can be cat rigged as shown in the photos (simplest rig), or you can Gaff rig the boat, giving more sail area with the same size mast.
Tewantin
Full Plans – to build this 3.4m high performance craft
An easily built, high-speed runabout you can make in your garage. This boat flies. Light enough to load on top of your car. Max motor size is 15hp, recommended is 6-10hp. 62 pages of detailed technical drawings, magazine-style notes and more, to help you build this boat.
Daggerboard
Full plans – to build the new – TE-40 single Daggerboard
Improve the performance of your cat in all conditions, especially going to wind. NACA 63-012 profile, 5m tall with a chord of 1.2m (4 ft), this large single daggerboard replaces your standard boards or mini-keels, giving you the performance you have dreamed of.