Our original, award-winning boat designs include kayaks, canoes, rowing boats, dinghies, and sailboats. More than 40,000 CLC boats have been built from kits and plans. Our designs are …

Boat Plans » Stitch and Glue and Strip-planked designs - 115 different boats you can build from plans. Kayak Plans Canoe Plans Sailboat Plans Rowboat Plans Powerboat Plans …

This synthesis of historic designs with CLC's LapStitch™ construction method results in a beautiful hull with excellent performance under sail or oar that you can build yourself. This …

Like many traditional canoes, the Sassafras 16 is symmetrical, bow and stern. This allows a solo paddler to sit facing backwards on the forward seat for better trim. Her slightly rounded hull …

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 …

Mbuli (pronounced em-BOO-lee) is a Pacific proa designed and built by John Harris at CLC in 1999 and 2000. The original design brief called for a lightweight beachcruiser, easy to build, …

This method of boat building is not only stronger, lighter, and faster than traditional wooden boat building, but it also takes far less skill. Here's how a CLC stitch-and-glue kayak is assembled. …

The classes get you through about 45 hours of construction, which is enough to complete major assembly of smaller, simpler boats like the Northeaster Dory and many of our other smallcraft. …

CLC designer John C. Harris has drawn an elegant, Norwegian-styled pram that weighs only 90lbs, but can survive real abuse in the dinghy park. With a 650-pound payload, the …

Red Oak is an American classic used for boats, furniture, flooring, cabinetry, joinery, and architectural millwork. It's hard, strong, and moderately priced, so many woodworkers greatly …