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SCAMP SAILBOAT & The Red Lantern Fleet

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YOUR OWN SCAMP

Build from Plans

Ready to build your own? You can order your own set of printed plans or a PDF download right here at this site. Welcome aboard!

Build from a Kit

The famously detailed CNC-cut SCAMP kits are available all over the world. See links below to find an authorized kit reseller or buy here and get started the easy way.

Buy a Fiberglass Model

Why build a SCAMP when you can start sailing and exploring now? The renowned fiberglass SCAMP from Gig Harbor Boat Works can be customized to your tastes as well. Click here to visit their site.

Dave Lucas, FL

It was blowing a solid 12 to 15 with higher gusts and us hot-rodders were having a ball showing off and speeding around the slower boats when what do I see ahead of me but a Scamp. ... only a hundred yards or so so we figured to catch him in about two minutes; it didn’t work out that way. It took us about two miles to finally get to him ...These guys were just sitting drinking beer and hauling ass easy as you please. They could tack and jibe and mess around like it was dead calm, where we were having to be really careful. That’s impossible—this kind of performance cannot come from a clunky little 12-foot boat. This thing somehow ignored everything I thought I know about hull speed. I strongly recommend this boat to anyone who wants a simple, lightweight, safe, dry, fast boat.”

Our own youthful dreams often featured small boats in starring roles. Aboard these simple, stalwart little vessels we'd venture across nebulous bodies of water in search of distant wild shorelines or uncharted islands. We'd land, hike into the interior, and make camp. But always our boats offered refuge from any threat, including summer storms, which we'd wait out beneath our boom tents. At night we'd read sea stories by oil lantern and sleep under a blanket of stars.

Curiously, never once did these visions include negative images of wrestling with a heavy mast and complex rigging, fussing with a smelly, recalcitrant outboard, or being held off shore by our boat's draft. And even when we pictured the afternoon breeze kicking up whitecaps, never once did the vision include a chilly capsize.

It was the dream of returning to those simple pleasures that inspired thoughts of S.C.A.M.P. (Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project). That and a persistent desire to go over "there"—that place we often see but are unable to reach. It seems to happen on every cruise. Never mind that we're usually sailing the smallest boat around for miles, we always come upon some ultra-shallow lagoon or serpentine tidal stream that disappears into the reeds, trees and rushes. To get in there—to really commune with nature—a boat needs to be light, shallow and easily propelled—and preferably flat-bottomed in case we decide to stay right though the ebb. —Josh Colvin

Features : Water Ballast Tank • Offset centerboard • Massive Flotation Stowage Cabin • "Veranda" Overhanging Cabintop • Kickup Rudder Flat Bottom and Skegs for Beaching • Voluminous Stowage Lockers 8' 3" Cockpit Sole Single Berth • Convert Cockpit Seats to Double Berth

Designer : John Welsford

Additional Development: Kees Prins, Brandon Davis, Howard Rice

First Launched

Sail Numbers

11'11"

Length Overall

Approximate

MANY WAYS TO SCAMP

SCAMP MERCH

SCAMP Building Kit + Foils

SCAMP Red Lantern Crew Neck Sweatshirt

SCAMP Red Lantern Shirt

SCAMP Building Plans PDF DOWNLOAD

SCAMP Building Plans

SCAMP Articles Package

SCAMP Brass Name Plate

Limited Edition SCAMP Poster

A Boat Called SCAMP

Official SCAMP Burgee

SCAMP LINKS

Ordering plans or kits.

United States

Small Craft Advisor

Duckworks Boat Builders Supply

Little Wooden Boat Company

Jordan Boats

Denmark/ E.U.

Boatkits.eu

Owner Gallery

Do you own a SCAMP? Make sure to send us a photo of your boat for our Gallery page above.

Talk to other fans and owners at our Group page above, or at a popular Facebook group.

Ordering fiberglass model.

Gig Harbor Boatworks

Rigging and Sails

Talk to other owners, builders and fans at the scamp message board here, our group page above, or at a popular facebook group., ordering kits.

FRANCE/ U.K./ E.U.

Newyd Marine

SCAMP Building Camps

The pocket yacht, small craft advisor magazine.

Do you own a SCAMP? Make sure to send us a photo of your boat for our Gallery page above. Send your photo with your name, boat name and sail number to: [email protected]

Talk to other owners, builders and fans at our SCAMP Message Board , or here at Group page above, or at a popular Facebook group.

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For other questions contact: [email protected]

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Traditional Rowboats & Sailing Dinghies

Handcrafted rowing and sailing small craft from 8-17′ in length.

Classic Rowboats, Skiff Sailboats, and Yacht Tenders

 traditional design. modern sensibilities..

Gig Harbor Boat Works is the builder of a unique line of premium small boats for rowing and sailing. Our boats are modern fiberglass reproductions of traditional working boats, used by people who earned their living using only wind and oar.

Our boats are proudly made right here in Gig Harbor, WA USA! 

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See what’s Available Now

We are custom builders, so our boats usually have some lead time for new orders… but these ones are in stock and ready to go right now!

New In Stock: 9.5′ Captain’s Gig

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New 8′ Nisqually Rowboat

Meet the 17' salish voyager.

The newest member of our fleet, the Salish Voyager is a seaworthy small craft truly made for adventure.

"My entire experience with GHBW has been outstanding!"

“knowledgeable, gracious, and very patient service.”.

We build ten different rowing and sailing boat models from 8 to 17 feet in length.  Click Here for a photographic overview of all the boats we build, by size (from largest to smallest).

We are small craft specialists, using our experience as boaters and craftsmen to create boats that combine traditional design with modern materials and conveniences.  Read More about Our Philosophy .

Our Customers

We love helping people find the ideal boat for their purposes, whether it will be a ship-to-shore yacht tender, a small craft capable of its own solo adventures, or anything in between.  Read Testimonials  from our customers.

Dare to Start Dreaming

We're always happy to chat with you about what you're envisioning. No haggling, no high-pressure sales pitch.

We work with each and every customer to build the ideal boat for your unique needs. Contact us to get started!

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