Winchelsea 10 Dinghy
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Rye Bay 228 Dinghy
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Winchelsea 2.2 Dinghy
Build your own boat.
Build a small boat from our detailed DIY Plans manuals and drawings.
Digital PDF download or paper plans with full size patterns option.
20% Off All DIY Boat Building Plans
Offer ends midnight 6th October 2025
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Peasemarsh 8 Canoe
Peasemarsh 16 Canoe
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Peasemarsh 14 Canoe
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You can build a boat from our DIY Plans
And it's not as difficult as you might think.
Our boats are designed to be as easy as possible to build. Plus, we are always on hand to answer your questions if you need it.
Our Dinghy & Canoe plans have been around for almost 40 years, built several times by us, some many times with hundreds DIY built. They are constantly updated based on those builds and customer feedback.
Our aim is to make building your boat as easy as we can for you. There are no difficult joints to cut even in our clinker plywood designs.
The plans come in four different types with all the drawings, a materials list and step by step instructions needed to build a dinghy or canoe with oars or a paddle and sail rig details where applicable. Plus, general information for the materials you will be using, pictures of a build, how to make simple saw horses and a simple build base.
Digital Download Plans from £10.00
PDF download with full build instructions and drawings
Printed A4 Plans manual from £20.00
Full build instructions and drawings in an A4 manual
Printed A3 Workshop Plans from £20.00
As above but with A3 drawings making them easier to read and use in your workshop
Full Size Patterns* with Build Plans from £30.00
As above with relevant A3 drawings but with the addition full size patterns of the main hull parts
*Not all designs available with all types of plans packs while we update the plans.
My father, the designer of our boats started STANLEY SmallCraft in 1990 developing his own designs and he built each one.
We only sell the plans I've selected from his tried and tested designs with many sold over the years.
There's many more in his design portfolio which I will release over time along with adding full size patterns to the few existing designs that don't have the option yet.
Building your own boat is not as difficult or necessarily as long a project as you might think. With our plans there are no special tools required or difficult joints to cut. We use a simple method to get the component parts dimensions laid out on the plywood sheet(s) and, if you get stuck, we will help you through it with our free email/text/phone help if you need it.
Any questions? - Contact us stanleysmallcraft@gmail.com
Rye Bay 228 Dinghy
Go to Stitch & Tape Plans
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Peasemarsh 8 and the builder on launch day
Go to Canoe Plans
Winchelsea 10
Go to Clinker Ply Plans
Boat Building Manual
There are two methods we use to build our boats. They are not difficult and neither uses any complicated joints or procedures to produce the hull quickly and efficiently.
We have written a manual based on our 40 years of experience explaining both methods and included plans for building a boat in each method.
It takes you through each method step by step helping you to understand it better with extra tips you don't always get with the plans and if you need more information, we're here to give it to you.
Currently available as a PDF download at less than the price of the plans it includes.
Get your copy here
Plywood Kits
We have suspended kit production while we update and improve them.
We expect to be back in production in 2026
Not only did Paul design all the dinghies and canoes on this website, he also designed many other things too.
In Paul's Boatshed you will find some of those things all made from scrap and recycled wood/plywood.
It is all made by hand, personalised with laser engraved names or slogans if required and finished to order.
From key rings and coasters to boat shaped shelf units which can all be personalised and/or made in different sizes to suit you. Plus, boat shaped wine or drinks station 610mm (24") or 865mm (34") high, garden/home display ornaments, kids boat rockers and other miscellaneous items.
Have a look at these and other items - Nautical themed items
Any questions? - Contact us stanleysmallcraft@gmail.com
Shipping to UK only.
1m Basic Shelf Unit
1m Dinghy Shaped Shelf Unit
Now with DIY Plans option
New Style Shelf Unit
The new units are availble in 3 sizes and 2 different door cutouts.
More information here.
Any questions? - Contact us stanleysmallcraft@gmail.com
Plus Other Items
We have a range of other items Paul designed, nautical or not, some that can be personalised, from key rings, knot boards and snack trays to boat rockers and wooden chests.
This range will grow as we learn to build them.
Key Rings
Coasters
Non Nautical items include...
