General Info

After over twenty years of local business in Oregon -Applegate Boatworks, ( a Mom & Pop Business ) is offering plans for the backyard boat builder. The first designs in a line of over twenty are now available. Boat builder John McCallum has created small boats with beautiful lines reminiscent of traditional work boats and ancient craft from all corners of the world. Each boat has been painstakingly researched and developed with an eye on the past and a view to the future of wooden boat building. Our experience has proven the modern materials of plywood, epoxy and fiberglass tape to be the best way to create a beautiful and useful small craft. All our plans include a materials list and basic building instructions but we assume that the backyard builder has basic skills in the use of small hand tools, power tools and woodworking methods. Some competitors plans show only the lines and measurements of a boat but offer no order of assembly or hints. We offer more but the plans are not a whole course in boat building.