Electric boats

Coro Speedboat / Cabin Cruiser

February 16, 2024

This is my favorite boat so far. If you haven’t noticed yet, I like small spaces, and this collapsable cabin is a fun add-on to the Coro Speedboat.   It swings out of the way, resting on the back of the boat. This makes entering and exiting the boat fairly easy. If your battery dies,…

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Electric Mini Speed Boat

October 13, 2021

This was my first ‘V’ hull speed boat. I added a small 1.2 horsepower two cycle loud as hell Game Fisher gas motor for power. It got up to about 4 miles per hour. It was fun to drive. On this second version, which I show all the steps to build it on my youtube…

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Little miss Sally electric boat

April 11, 2019

For PDF plans, click here!  This is Liberty, the first wood boat I designed and made. The sides and bulkheads are Made of pine boards. The deck and bottom from one sheet of 1/4″ marine plywood. It started as a kayak, then a spinnaker sail and rudder was added, and finally a small electric trolling…

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Sparky electric boat

April 11, 2019

For video plans, click here!  Since my back started bothering me I’d been wanting to make a fluted plastic electric boat, but the shorter non-leaking folds of my other boats kind of restricted the weight limit. On this boat I added a wood transom adding 9″ in length. This gave me more buoyancy for the…

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Liberty wood kayak

April 11, 2019

 For PDF plans, click here!  I had just gone through a divorce and was wanting to make something that would get my mind off my problems and get me on the nearby lakes. I studied some boat building books and made some drawings. My goal was to keep the material costs under $100. I found…

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