Boat plans

Orca , famous from the Steven Spielberg film. Orca fishing boat :Name. Orca painted on stern. Orca nameplate. Jaws starring Roy Scheider a...

DIYing a plywood boat is not just about saving money. It’s about utilizing your craft to create something meaningful that you’ll utilize with pride and joy and savor the memories even if the product is no longer with you. If you’ve found your new passion in boating and fishing, you’ll definitely want to DIY at...

1960 How To Build 20 Boats N 470Boat magazine with 20 diy boat projects.

Boatbuilding is one of the most ancient forms of craftsmanship still alive today. As long as our ancestors have had a curiosity about exploring open waters, they have been practicing and honing their boatbuilding skills.

Creating a model of a boat before building it is a common procedure, and one I find very useful. For a 23′ boat, I chose to build a 1:4 scale model; this worked great since the 7′ 8″ model was big enough to use as a tender. For a nesting kayak that I designed, I started by building a full-sized model (also known as a mock-up) out of cardboard, to test for accuracy before cutting expensive plywood. The cardboard parts would be used for patterns.

Clark Craft offers hundreds of boat plans, design patterns, and a full line of boat building supplies and accessories for the amateur boatbuilder.

There is nothing more essential to the way a boat performs than the shape of its hull. Yet so many buyers are fixated on what they can see above the water

Renn Tolman designed his eponymous skiff as a workhorse for rugged Alaskan environs. The boat has proven to be adaptable to a wide range of locales—and to a wide range of configurations.

Step by step instructions on how to make a wooden boat from scratch including boat plans. Building a boat with plywood can be exciting.