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More boats you can build from scratch are arriving all the time. These are new designs that you can build from boat plans.
This design is modeled on the "peapods" indigenous to Maine. "Peapod" is a somewhat amorphous term for a double-ended rowing-sailing boat, used for inshore lobstering, fishing, and general utility such as tending lighthouses. Thus the design name:...
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Plans from $219.00
Based on his popular microBootlegger tandem kayak, Nick Schade has created the microBootlegger Solo with the elegant look of a 1920s mahogany runabout. It's a roomy boat with a large cockpit, almost what one might call a double paddle canoe...
from $1999.00
Based on Nick Schade's popular microBootlegger tandem kayak design, the microBootlegger Sport was originally designed for an inexperienced, yet fit paddler looking for a kayak he could grow into. Suitable for someone seeking...
from $2099.00
It can be hard to find the right boat if you don’t fit in the middle of the bell curve. If your stats run towards the larger end of the spectrum there are not many choices available for performance sea kayaks. The Petrel Play SGL is...
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Plans from $149.00
Rhode Runner - The CLC Runabout
The beautiful 1950s-era runabouts are icons of style in the world of wooden boats. We wanted one for ourselves, so we designed this small runabout to echo the grace of the post-war Lyman and Chris Craft runabouts. 30 years of experience...
Kits from $4998.00
Plans from $199.00
The original Jimmy Skiff was launched by Chesapeake Light Craft in 1998. An immediate success, this straightforward 13-foot skiff has remained popular for twenty years. Designer John C. Harris has been working on a clean-sheet redesign since...
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Plans from $219.00
The Humber Yawl Club was created in 1883 by canoe enthusiasts who wanted to cruise the rugged estuaries of Britain's east coast. The club oversaw the evolution of a uniquely elegant and capable class of pocket-cruising sailboats, led by...
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Plans from $59.00
The Ganymede and Io are designs from Nick Schade's "Jupiter Point" series of kayaks. This family of lightweight kayaks are versatile, easy to build, and fun to paddle. With distinctive and attractive 3-panel hulls and decks, these kayaks are...
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Plans from $69.00
The Lake Union Swift is a 10-foot sailing dinghy and a variant of the popular Tenderly Dinghy. While Tenderly is optimized for all-around utility as, well, a tender, the Lake Union Swift is more of a pure sailing machine. The two designs...
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Oarmaking is really something of a woodcarving exercise, and thus falls closer to the category of artwork rather than carpentry. But we all need oars for our small boats, and at CLC we have resolved to make it possible for the average...