Beginning with the childhood summers spent in the bays and marshes of Westport, Massachusetts, Bob Baker loved boats. Even as a child, he would find old boats and, often as possible, bring them home with him. Out of practical experience and careful observation, Bob arrived at his own remarkable technical and aesthetic understanding of watercraft.

Bob was an artist and a craftsman of the highest order, and his interests and talents are evident in his work. As Jon Wilson of WoodenBoat Magazine wrote, "Bob loved things traditional, and taught others to love them, but was not bound by tradition . . . His unfailing eye for proportion and detail was thus the object of considerable admiration for all who knew him. His subtle touch was in evidence everywhere around his shop, his house, his boats , and in the numerous designs he created."

When Bob Baker died in 1983, he left a legacy of extraordinary work - beautiful boats and boat designs, models, carvings, and a large collection of photos, sketches and plans. In many instances, Bob's work captured and illumined the vanishing craft of wooden boat building.

Bob spent his life with boats, sailing them, drawing them, restoring them, and, whenever possible, taking lines off them. His plans and drawings are a reflection of his love and understanding of design and of the sea. They are also a reflection of the ongoing commitment to Bob's work carried by his family.

The boats plans (no kits available) are grouped into five categories: easy, basic intermediate, intermediate, intermediate-advanced and advanced based on size and complexity of construction. Some plans do not include construction plans. (Prices to be added to this page soon.)

Small Boats For Rowing Or Sailing

Puddleduck (Plan No. 56) - a 7' 10" all-around dinghy - $35.00
Gosling (Plan No. 22) - a 9' 6" round-bilged yacht dinghy - $33.00
Tern (Plan No. 23) - a 10' simple, hard-chined dinghy - $31.00
Swallow (Plan No. 91) - a 10' 7" light, rowing dinghy (attributed to Herreshoff, 1920) - $27.00
North Shore Dinghy (Plan No. 1) - a 11' clinker-built sailing dinghy - $36.00
Newport Shore Boat (Plan No. 52) - a 11' 5" sprit sail shore boat (Sakonnet River boat)- $35.00
Kid's Pod (Plan No. 18) - a 12' 10" a small clinker built peapod - (Inquire)
Swampscott Dory (Plan No. 14) - a four planked dory - $36.00

More information available in .pdf format: Dinghies

Westport Skiffs And Sharpies

Southard Skiff (Plan No, 95) - a 10' 3" easy to build skiff - $31.00
Westport Skiff (Plan No. 71) - a 11' solid workboat - $34.00
Southard Sharpie (Plan No. 2) - a 13' gaff rigged boat - $35.00
Westport Sharpie (Plan No. 69 - a 14' single plank Sharpie - $32.00

More information available in .pdf format: Skifts & Sharpies

Catboats

Button Swan (Plan No. 53) - a 12' 4" small working cat - $36.00
Penguin (Plan No. 74) - a 16' 6" seaworthy cat - $38.00
Kingfisher II (Plan No. 79) - a 16' 11" centerboard cat - $38.00
Peggoty (Plan No. 94) - a 17' 6" clinker built catboat - $41.00
Catboat (Plan No. 27) - a 20' shoal draft cat - $38.00
Nowak (Plan No. 50) - a 20' 6" gaff rigged weekender - $38.00

More information available in .pdf format: Catboats

Sailboats 20'

Sandy (Plan No. 113) - a 19' 6" gaff rigged racing sloop - $37.00
Cleveland's Noman's Land Boat (Plan No. 111) - a 19' 8" double ended sailing craft - $43.00
Orca (Plan No. 75) - a 19' 9" centerboard cat ketch - $40.00
Dragonfly (Plan No. 21) - a 20' racer or cruiser - $29.00
Two-Forty (Plan No. 42) - a 20' 2" gaff rigged sloop - $38.00
Shadow (Plan No. 93) - a 21' 1" shoal-centerboard oyster sloop - $39.00
Mollie (Plan No. 17) - a 12' square stern Whitehall - (Inquire)

More information available in .pdf format: Sailboats 20'

Pulling Boats, Wherries, Yawl Boats And PICCOLO

Rescue (plan No. 7) - a 13' 11" clinker built pulling boat - $37.00
Sailing Whitehall (Plan No. 10) - a 14' 10" spritsail centerboard Whitehall - $33.00
Azulykit (Plan No. 6) - a 14' 11" smooth planked rowing boat - $39.00
Wherry (Plan No. 76) - a 11' 2" clinker built wherry - $28.00
Donoghue (Plan No. 9) - a 17' 11" round bottomed wherry - $41.00
Wherry (Plan No. 48) - a 18' 2" double ended wherry - $35.00
Yawl Boat # 16 (Plan No. 77) a 13' 3" yawl boat originally built by Beetle - $30.00
Gray Boat (Plan No. 85) - a 16' 1" tender, yawl boat - $33.00
Piccolo (Plan No. 16) - a 12' 8" clinker built sailing canoe - (Inquire)

More information available in .pdf format: Whitehall & Wherries

Sailboats (over 25')

Prospect Marsh Pinky (Plan No. 12) - a 26' 2" full keel Penobscot Bay fishing schooner - $51.00
Samanthe (Plan No. 19) - a 26' 8" full keel, gaff rigged little schooner - $46.00
27" Sloop (Plan No. 66) - 27' 5" jib-headed sloop - $51.00
Valkyrie (Plan No. 123) a 35' 6" jib headed cruising ketch - $53.00
Hoyt's Hooker (Plan No. 30) - a 36' 6" jib headed ketch - $49.00
Ketch (Plan No. 25) a 42' full keel, jib headed ketch - $67.00
Hoyt's Hooker #2 (Plan No. 30B) a 31' cruising ketch - $50.00

More information available in .pdf format: Sailboats Over 25'

Fiberglass Boats

Catamaran (Plan No. 64) - a 7' 10" swallow draft beach boat - $33.00
Spirit (Plan No. 20) - a 10' centerboard sloop (the O'Day Sprite) - $34.00
Little Bear (Plan No. 29) - a 11' 6" compact trainer - $35.00
Tallstar (Plan No. 38) - a 14' jib headed sloop - $34.00
Scorpion (Plan No. 24) - a 16' 8" jib headed sloop - $34.00
Orion (Plan No. 37) - a 19' weekender sloop - $37.00
Menemsha (Plan No. 57) - a 24' 2" classic shoal draft singlehander - (Inquire)

More information available in .pdf format file: Fiberglass Boats

Launch

Launch (Plan No. 107) - a 17' single engine launch - $34.00

More information available in .pdf format file: Yawl Boat & Launch.pdf

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