New York Whitehall Pulling Boat Plans

The New York ​Whitehall Plans create a classic pulling boat originally designed in the mid to late 1800's.

There is a great deal of debate as to whether these boats get their name from a beginning in the Whitehall section of London, or the Whitehall section of New York.

Regardless of where you stand on the issue, the elegance, of the design cannot be denied. This boat is an exemplary example of form meeting function. The Whitehall is both stable and fast. In fact if your rowing experience is limited to an aluminum fishing boat, you are in for a very welcome surprise.

When this boat was first launched, there was quickly a gathering of locals watching. On the water, boats pulled up beside us simply to comment on the beauty of the craft.

Although the boat in the pictures has a midnight blue hull, it is made completely of cedar strips as you can see from the inside of the boat. In this particular boat the transom is painted antique white with a decorative border, however clear Mahogany or Ash would be more typical. Also of note is the stern fan seat, the spindles supports for the seats and the shapely floor boards.

Regardless of the final touches on your boat, we are sure you will be happy with the end result.

If you think you would like a livelier rowing session, you may want to take a look at our 17 foot Boston Whitehall.

We have wanted to release the Whitehall Plans for some years now, however in our opinion, the chances of building success for all but those with significant building experience would be limited. As we are in the business of helping people to build boats and not simply to sell plans, we decided not to release the plans without a thorough and meticulous DVD set, as it has proven to be so successful with our canoes.

So, almost two years ago as of the time of this writing, we began the planning stages of filming and finally, in the winter of 2012, the DVD set was done. We are particularly proud of this DVD set and are convinced, based on responses received from our test market, that the first time builder will be able to build our series of Whitehalls.

This 4 DVD set begins with the making of the forms and building jigs and brings you on our journey of building the Whitehall boats right up to launch day. Every detail of the build is covered, including all of the techniques we have used over the last 30 years of our boat building journey.

What you need to know about our plans package:

Our goal is to get you what you need to be successful.  We are an operating boat shop and are building every day and we give you what we would need if it were us purchasing.  We do not offer cheaper plans for half patterns or break packages into multiple DVD's in order to make them appear cheaper.  Our patterns are full size, our plans are detailed, and our DVD is produced specifically for this series of boats.  It is not generic in nature nor is it a sales pitch to get you to purchase a kit.  Whether you purchase a full boat kit or just the plans and DVD, our goal is to help you get your boat built so that you can enjoy the journey.  If you have a question, please don't hesitate to call or email us.

This product includes the option for streaming the 10 hour video series, or having the DVD set "Building Whitehalls and Wherries" delivered to you.  We strongly recommend that you purchase the video series with the plans and feel you will be very happy you did!  However, we realize that for some of you this may not be your first time building a strip boat and have given you the option to subtract the DVD set from your order.