Wood boat building

The AMPHORA is a great little boat. We wanted to get that out there right away. It's simple enough to be built by beginner builders of all ages and still remain a satisfying project for someone who has built dozens of boats. We know this for a fact because we built the first one in the early 1970s and the latest one in 2013! The newly re-done Amphora plans are now available as Digital Downloads! Read below for more information! Please join our mailing list! We send news about our plans and…

With Glen-L proven plans, patterns & kits, building your own boat can be a reality. Since 1953 we've enabled amateurs to build their own boat all over the world. Our full size patterns are laid directly on the wood and marked to shape so you can begin creating your dream boat.

Absolutely beautiful !!!! I Love Those Lines...I believe Wood boats are the most exciting to build because of the Rush you Get as the stage you are at...

21' planing dory, photos of custom built wood dory interiors

Building a One Sheet Boat: Warning: Woodworking is inherently dangerous. You are using sharp tools some of them spinning at large RPM's. You need to be wearing eye protection at all times, hearing protection as needed and because you are going to be working on some very small…

Custom wood boat building the San Juan Dory construction photos

Classic wooden boat plans is a growing collection of established plans that are ready to be printed and then laid out for full size building. Popular plans include Riva Aquarama, Palm Beach, Custom Barrelback, Gar Wood speedster, Baby Bootlegger, Chris Craft and Hacker Runabouts, Rosita, Miss APBA, Palm Beach, Zephyr.

Building a boat is one of the most rewarding experiences a person can take on in their life. There is something quite magical about taking a pile of wood, fiberglass and epoxy and turning it into a fully functional boat that can easily rival commercially built boats in quality

#woodenboat – Wood used to be the material of choice for boat-building. But it has long since been superseded by glassfibre and other variations of plastic, while aluminium – for more than two centuries the "metal of the future" - is now widely accepted for small boats which get rough usage but little maintenance. Yet wood still talks to us. It's part of what we are. W M Nixon takes a look at some current Irish wooden boat-building projects. It's one of the most natural things in the world…