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Skiboat - Skeeto Boat
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Skiboat - Stingaree Boat
Skimming along at 35 mph this little boat will show its tail fin to any runabout of comparable size.
 
Skiff (Jon Boat 12ft)
Free boat plans, online boat plan sources.
 
Skiff (Sea Skiff 13ft 9)
Free boat plans, online boat plan sources.
 
Skiff (Summer Breeze 11ft 6)
Summer Breeze build notes
 
Skiff (Uncle John's)
Skiff Boat Kit Plan Wooden Skiff Boat Kit Plan (Best viewed with 800x600 or better.)

 
Skiff Boat
 
Small Boat Boat - Sail for a Dinghy
Clamp this simple spritsail onto any small, square-sterned rowboat or dinghy, and?presto?you?ll have yourself a fine little wind cruiser!
 
Snorky 14ft
Snorky is one of the simpler sailing craft to build. Few tools are required and plywood could be substituted for the planked bottom. A plywood centerboard could also be substituted for the 3/16" steel plate, but a 5 to 10 lb. weight would need to be epoxied into the plywood. The study plans are below.
 
Snorky Boat - Sailboat
A 14? cat-rigged knockabout. Here is a fast, light, sturdy little catboat that can be easily, inexpensively and quickly built.


 
Spitfire
Free boat plans, online boat plan sources.
 
Splinter Boat - Sailboat
20? sailing toothpick with a raisable bulb fin. Splinter was meant to appeal to the sailing competitor. At 20? with only a 3? beam and a 20? x 24? cockpit, crew had to use springboards to balance the 80 sq. ft. mains?l and the 35 sq. ft. jib.
 
Splinter-the Sailing Toothpick 20in
Splinter was meant to appeal to the sailing competitor. At 20' with only a 3' beam and a 20" x 24" cockpit, crew had to use springboards to balance the 80 sq. ft. mains'l and the 35 sq. ft. jib. A lead bulb on a 3/8" steel dagger board also helped keep Splinter upright.

 
Sports Hydro
Free boat plans, online boat plan sources.
 
Sportsman 18ft
Free boat plans, online boat plan sources.
 
Steering Designs for Boats
Walt Murray provides terrific insight into his boat building process. While it may not be the normal woodworking related plan for this site, I feel it is worthy of listing with the boat plans.
 
Streamlined Iceboat Crawfish
For you hardy Northerners who like to brave the ice and snow, here's an iceboat that will keep some of the cold away. Crawfish offers front steering and a streamlined, enclosed cockpit with a tail fin that presages the late 50's in American auto designs. (This design is for Gavin Atkins, whose FREE BOAT DESIGN RESOURCES are among the best links on the web for home boatbuilders.
 
Sunapee 22ft
Sunapee is a sturdy, well-built boat which in three years of active service has more than justified its designer's ideas for a day cruiser which could be used, if necessary, for comfortable extended cruising.
 
Sunfish
Free boat plans, online boat plan sources.
 
Super Sunray 15ft Build a Boat
The Sun class was apparently a popular class boat in the1930's. Here is Sam Rabl's new and improved version--the Super Sunray.