Welcome to CKD Boats

We offer a wide range of products and services in the marine industry.

CKD Boats specialise in developing Kit boats and supply CNC cut designs from as small as the Optimist Dinghy to as big as a 43ft Dix Design yacht and larger. The kits consist of either the basic materials to assemble just the hull and deck or a full package from the building materials right through to the mast, rigging and sails etc.

While timber and veneer prices remain fairly stable, the price of resin continues to soar. We envisage timber and Kit boat building will become more popular over the next couple of years.

The Optimist Sailing Dinghy is one of the most exciting self-build boats on the market, it is not too big and fairly simple to construct when in the kit form. This makes it a great family project to undertake. Once it is built it can be officially measured to fall into a world Optimist "class", this will allow the boat to sail in any optimist regatta in your country.

DD Mini Transat 21

DD Paper Jet 14

The Optimist Dinghy

Please take a look at some of the work we have done in previous projects. From the restoration of a 'Tumlaren' called "Astra" to a new construction of a 38ft motor-sailer/power boat.

NEW KIT SOON AVAILABLE

Dudley Dix Design - DH550

The DH550 55ft cruising catamaran started life as a design commission received by Dudley Dix from catamaran builder Philip Harvey. Phil was cruising with his family and wanted to move up to a larger boat. Dudley had too much work in progress to be able to take on the new design so the two agreed a cooperative basis to do the design between them. Dudley brings 30 years of design and boatbuilding experience into the project and Phil brings 15 years of professional boatbuilding and catamaran experience. Between them they have produced a cruising catamaran with striking good looks and high-performance potential.

To view more information go to the
DH550 page for further details.

WOOD
The Wood Shop stocks a wide variety of timbers suitable for the Marine Trade. We also source and machine a large amount of timber for the domestic trade such as materials for furniture, flooring and decking. more info

GLUE
The Glue Shop supplies a selection of adhesives, all extensively used in our workshop and supplied with our Kit Boats. Advise on all our supplied products is freely available.
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PLYWOOD
In our Plywood Shop we can supply a varied range of waterproof plywood at both WBP (waterproof and boil proof) and Ockume Marine Grade stamped BS1880. Also in stock is a wide range of waterproof bendable plywood.
We have a just launched a NEW product that is taking the industry by storm! It is called Deluxe Light Ply and is a more cost affective and weight saving than any other products on the market, plus it has been produced to BS1088 Standard.
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VENEER
In our Veneer Shop we stock Proflex 3000 with a Formica^TM backed flexible veneer, ideal for laminating to radius, curved and flat surfaces. This product is firmer than our standard flexible 'Craft Paper' backed veneers. We also sell Twin Veneer Laminate, which is both firmer and more flexible than the 'craft paper' veneers.
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