The Nutshell Pram is, in our opinion, one of the best tenders ever designed. She’s a beauty in looks, easy to build, and does her job far, far better than...
The success of the 7′7″ Nutshell Pram convinced us all that the same general shape and method of construction would work just as well in a larger boat; thus a...
It would be hard to imagine a better all-around small boat than the Shellback Dinghy. She is a pleasure to row, and fast and responsive under sail. She is easy...
L. Francis Herreshoff felt that Frederick Goeller was one of the best draftsmen that he knew, and Mr. Goeller proved his design ability when he came up with this boat...
Feeling that some improvements could be made on the original Asa Thomson flat-bottomed Skiff, WoodenBoat (Maynard Bray, Spencer Lincoln, Joel White, and Jon Wilson) drew up some modified plans. 12′4″...
These plans are taken from what is thought to be the last remaining Asa Thomson flat-bottomed skiff, now owned by Mystic Seaport Museum. The Asa Thomson Skiff rows surprisingly well,...
Joel White’s Pooduck Skiff is a big little boat—about as large as two average people would want to carry on shore. As a big sister to the 11′2″ Shellback Dinghy,...
Iain Oughtred’s Auklet represents the absolute smallest end of the yacht-tender genre. At 7′2″ she is just long enough to accept full-sized people—any smaller and she would become a toy,...
This design is particularly well proven because so many boats have been built from it over the years. Both fishermen and yachtsmen have found what they were after in these...
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