We have many boats in the works as complete boats or boat kits. The boats below are in varying stages of development. They may be available now as kits with more lead time than others in catalog labeled "ready". Enjoy looking...it is a fun assortment. Learn more more about our kit design process.

The Deblois Street Dory, the ultimate sail & oar boat 

Designed by Clint Chase
Kit status: In the works.

    LOA 18'4"
    Beam 4'11"
     Depth Amidships 1'7"

The Design Brief:

• A traditional open Swampscott dory that will be more family friendly (for a dory!)
• To be rowed primarily by two people but one can row by moving thwarts around
• Can take a large load for extended trips along the Maine Island Trail
• Can also be taken out for fun sailing or a leisurely tandem row
  
• Designed with a mix of glued plywood-lapstrake planking and traditional cedar strakes, riveted
  
• A greater degree of secondary stability to take a larger sail rig (a 105 SF balance lugsail)
• Multiple rig for flexibility, balance lug yawl (from Goat Island Skiff), a traditional dory rig, and perhaps a boomless, standing lug
• Built fairly light for a dory with glued ply and cedar planking
  
• More sheer than traditional Chamberlain dories and Gardner's variation

Shane Hall building hull #1 of the D' St. Dory in Portland, Maine as seen on the Wooden Boat Forum and Flickr

The D' St. Dory was launched and sea-trialed with great success and is being used regularly on Casco Bay and sail-and-oar trips.

Willard Beach Dory

Launched! The WBD, hull #1 was a success. Kits will be available based on interest. Call us.

Light Stitch and glue rowboat

See More Flickr photos Here

Caravelle

Hull #1 was a success...kits now available. Call for price.

14 1/2' LOA 4' Beam

Light Skiff for rowing and use as a tender

Deer Isle Koster

Kits will be available in December. The KDI is featured in the 2010 issue of Small Boats put out by Wooden Boat Publications (email us for the article). She is 14 1/2' LOA and 5 1/2' beam.

St. Lawrence River Skiffs "Annie" and "Bobby"

Mold Kits available for the 20 1/2' Bobby

We find these skiffs absolutely strikingly gorgeous. We plan to have kits available by winter 2011. Annie is 18' x 41" and Bobby is 20' x 42" and will be strip-composite construction. Annie will be a project boat at Clint's Strip Composite Construction course at the Wooden Boat School summer of 2011. Annie weighs in at 105 with some hardwoods as decoration; an ultralight version will be closer to 90 pounds.

Photos from Keith Quarrier www.quarrierboats.com, thanks Keith!

Finnish Rowboat Kits

Kits available early 2012. First boats being built in winter of 2011/12.

The Savo 19 and Savo 21 are fast rowboats made of 6mm plywood lapstrake designed for a vigorous rowing scene in Finland. We are taking early orders for the precut kits.

Jewell: A collaboration between Francois Vivier and Clint Chase

A new Family boat for the Chase family. First boat to be built in 2012. Kits set for late 2012.