Design
12' Ruderboot
Designed by Boatkits
A 3.70 m rowing boat for lake outings and calm days along the coast, supplied as a CNC-cut stitch-and-glue kit by Boatkits, the kit arm of Denmark's Boatplans ApS. It is 1.21 m in beam and weighs about 32 kg. The page stresses stability with several people aboard and stowage for food and drink. A 2.5 hp outboard suits it when the crew tires of rowing, and the data table allows 2 to 8 hp.
A straightforward small hull within reach of a first-time builder. Boatkits quotes 40 to 50 hours for hull and structure and says finishing adds 1 to 1.5 times that again, so budget roughly 80 to 125 hours. Measured medians from build logs appear below.
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