Plans & Dreams Volume III

24 Ready-to-Build Boat Designs
Plans & Dreams Volume III
Sail Plan for Design #82A

‘Ila’ in a brisk wind Design #98

‘Ila’ in a brisk wind Design #98
6 m Cabin Launch Design #228

‘Rain Bear,’ ready for a for a coastal cruise.

‘Rain Bear,’ ready for a for a coastal cruise.

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.


Plans & Dreams Boat Design Books

Plans & Dreams Volume III
24 Ready-to-Build Boat Designs

Available now! Our third volume in a series of big, beautiful books contains a collection of 24 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.


Custom Boatbuilding

Custom Boatbuilding

Visit the custom boatbuilding section to view a sample of boats that have taken shape in our shop.

Build Your Own

Build Your Own

Browse our Stock Plans to find a wide range of boat plans to purchase online. These are professional plans, but detailed with the home builder in mind. There are choices appropriate for every skill level.

Boats for Sale

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.


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.

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.)