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Free plans from Bateau.com
Free plans for a 14' canoe.
This boat uses only 2 sheets of plywood! The file includes a step by step tutorial on reading boat blueprints and cutting plywood from dimensions. It is an excellent introduction to stitch and glue boat building. Read more or download here.
Free plans for a 7' 10" dinghy
With building instructions etc. The D4 files have been downloaded more than 100,000 times and D4 are afloat all over the world. This is an old file but a good little boat and the price is right.
The new version is the D5 listed at this site.
Free plans for simple but good looking oars. These oars were designed and built by Spark Geissler, a frequent contributor to our message board and builder of a V10. He created the web page and the downloadable plans. Thanks.
Another free plan, this one for a folding "kayak". It is a .doc file for Windows with drawings etc. plans
More coming soon: a pirogue? a skiff?
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Designers and fellow builders will respond immediately. At the same site, you will find hundreds of pages of tutorials, plans updates, a forum to share ideas about our boats and thousands of pictures - see completed boats and many of the building steps done by builders like you.
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