Ready to smell that exciting, tangy aroma of new-cut wood? Ready to feel those satisfying sore muscles after a day of making raw materials turn into a trim little craft? Ready to get that unique thrill as you feel your project start to harness the wind and slip through the waves to take you to new horizons?

Then join us here at the Back Yard Yacht Club where you can find the best kind of home-boats for the do-it-yourself skipper to create, sail, and go adventuring with. They're all designed and produced by Stevenson Projects and featured in the nation's largest D.I.Y. service magazines like Popular Science and Popular Mechanics.

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Builder Bulletin Boards;
a collection of photos of Backyard Skipper's projects and their own web sites!

We've got everything from boats you can tie on the top of your car, to boats you can spend your vacation on. Fast, little daysailers to trailer-sailers with handsome traditional lines taken from the pinnacle of the age of sail, and translated into easy-to-build modern materials and easy-to-sail modern performance.
Take a look through the back parking lot of the B.Y.Y.C. and see if there are any boats you'd like to try on for size. Catamarans, kayaks, bass-boats, powercats, even a hydrofoil.They're all ready to go, with our no-mumbo-jumbo step-by-step building guides that have been successfully used by beginner builders around the globe. There are a bunch of Stevenson Projects builders out there. The Weekender alone has over 16,000 sets of plans in circulation, while some of the smaller boats have topped 20,000 and 30,000 customers. So man your helm, follow the compass rose and click on your favorite latest passion in boats to take a look see at what we've got to get you underway with as little fuss, shop-time, and cost as you'll find anywhere!


Take a glance at Privateer,
our online web-magazine for Weekender
and other Pocket Yacht builders!






If you're in the mood to watch a project building in action, go to ProjectCam! ProjectCam automatically takes you through the steps of building a Weekender and gives you a good idea of the scope the project.


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