BoatBuildLog
Log your build. Help the next builder.
A boat builder logbook you keep from your phone: photos and notes from the shop as you go.
Boat Build Log: a boat builder logbook for the people doing the work
How long does a boat actually take? gives the medians, by kind of boat and by step.
What it looks like
About the video →Seventy three seconds: a photo of the work in front of you, two lines about what you did, the hours, post. Then the same log months later.
Recent builds
All builds →
Boats with build logs
All designs →| Design | Designer / builder | Status | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Squirt | Glen-L Marine | 1 under way, 1 launched | 2 |
| Northeaster Dory | John C. Harris | 1 under way, 1 launched | 2 |
| Caladesi Carolina Dory | Jeff Spira | 2 under way | 2 |
| The Guider | John C. Harris | 1 launched | 1 |
| Idea 21 | Cristian Pilo | 1 launched | 1 |
| Fishing boat | James Bosman | 1 launched | 1 |
| Speed boat | James Bosman | 1 launched | 1 |
| Cruiser | James Bosman | 1 under way | 1 |
How it works
A boat builder logbook is only worth keeping if it takes less effort than skipping it, so this one is built around the three minutes you have at the end of a session.
One
Log it as you go
Photos, a paragraph, hours worked, which step you were on. Sixty seconds, from your phone. Shot Saturday and posting Sunday? The date comes off the photo, not the clock.
Two
It becomes a reference
Entries stay in shop order, oldest first, so the finished log reads start to finish, not newest-first like a blog. Print the whole thing when she launches.
Three
Compare across builders
Every log is filed under its design, so you can see how a dozen people handled fairing on the same hull, and what it actually cost them in hours.