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 D4s are afloat all over the world. This is an old file but a good little boat and the price is right. The 25 year old file has been converted to PDF but the old email address is wrong. For information about those plans, join the forum. The new version is the D5 listed at this site. The new plans show more details and some improvements like better the hull panel development, better plan layout, more detailed building notes and updated material use.



Much Larger selection of free boat plans at Boatplans-online.com

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 .pdf file for Windows with drawings etc. plans

We also have Plans by Richard Woods

More coming soon: a pirogue? a skiff?

More information can be found on our messageboard, as well as in the Boat Building Books section.

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Tech support

The best technical support: we will help you succeed! All our plans and kits come with full technical support. Ask questions on our support web site bateau2.com.



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.

All of the supplies required to build our boats are available at BoatBuilderCentral.com. Epoxy resins, fiberglass, marine plywood, foam, paint and hardware will be delivered to your door at a lower price than local stores.