Paul Gartside is a boatbuilder and designer currently based on Long Island, New York. We build in wood using both traditional and modern methods, provide custom design services in all materials, and offer a catalogue of stock plans through this web site.
Custom Boatbuilding
Visit the custom boatbuilding section to see the wide variety of boats that have taken shape in our shop.
Contact us for custom drawings and custom building, or browse our Stock Plans for a sense of what is possible.
Build Your Own
Browse our Stock Plans to find a wide range of boat plans to purchase online. These are professional plans, but heavily detailed with the home builder in mind. There are choices appropriate for every skill level.
Boats for Sale
A collection of boats built to our designs, available for sale by their owners.
Contact us to inquire, or to list your boat here.
Plans & Dreams: Ready-to-Build Boat Design Books
These big, beautiful books each contain a collection of complete plan sets (with detailed technical information), with essays covering all aspects of boatbuilding, first published in Water Craft magazine. Click through for a look inside each book.
Coming Soon! Plans & Dreams Volume III
The next book in our series is available for PREORDER NOW. Publication date: October 2024.
Water Craft Special
Water Craft magazine from the United Kingdom publishes a complete set of Paul Gartside boat plans in every issue. Subscribers can build right from the pages of the magazine. With each issue, we offer a special discount for digital download of the same full plan set.
September/October 2024:
This issue of Water Craft magazine contains full plans for the 13 ft. 6 in. Canoe Design #282.
The three sheets of scale drawings for these plans are available by digital download for the special price of US$50.00 (regular list price is US$95.00). These pdf files may be printed to scale at any good copy shop. Sheet size is 34 in. x 24 in. This offer lasts until October 30th 2024. (Discount applied at checkout.)
November/December 2024:
This issue of Water Craft magazine contains full plans for the 15 ft. outboard skiff, 'Floosy' Design #283.
The three sheets of scale drawings for these plans are available by digital download for the special price of US$50.00 (regular list price is US$140.00). These pdf files may be printed to scale at any good copy shop. Sheet size is 34 in. x 24 in. This offer lasts until December 31st 2024. (Discount applied at checkout.)
Recent Designs from the Drawing Board
Special: Full Lines Plan
View product detailsHalf models are a perfect small-scale boat building project and a good first step towards creating the real thing. With a few hand tools and a quantity of well dried softwood, we are set for hours of absorbing work. For US$20 you may order the full Lines Plan of any of the designs in our catalog. Type the name or number of your chosen plan in the note section of the shopping cart, and we will send a PDF of that Lines Plan (1 sheet) to you.