Nicolson I., Reynolds A. Build a Simple Dinghy

London: Adlard Coles Press, 1987. — 101 p. — ISBN: 0229118062.Getting afloat need not be difficult or expensive if you build your own boat. Most of the boats described here are suitable for beginners, are small and light enough to be carried on a car roof rack, and can be taken to the sea, river, canal or lake. They are all cheap and easy to build.
Whether you want a simple child's boat (which is well able to carry an adult), a fast racing dinghy, or a general purpose rowing boat which will take an outboard motor or basic sail and can be used as a tender or for estuary fishing, you will find enough information here to build two of the boats and be taken through all the stages of building the other three (plans are available at low cost).
So why not build yourself a dinghy for less than the cost of a second hand one?