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Boats built from plans or a kit, by the people building them. Pick one to see every build log of it, how long they actually took, and where the hours went.

By builder
All Glen-L Marine  287 Devlin  142 Bateau  141 Chesapeake Light Craft  120 Dudley Dix Yacht Design  90 BCA Demco  64 Woods Designs  46 Boatkits  41 John Welsford  36 B&B Yacht Designs  35 Newfound Woodworks  32 Modern Wooden Boat  21 Bowdidge Marine Designs  21 Duck Trap Woodworking  20 Stevenson Projects  16 Woodenwidget  13 Arch Davis Design  12 James Bosman  4 Selway Fisher Design  3 Iain Oughtred  3 John Farlow  2 David Rogers  1 Echo-Craft  1 Ray Speck  1 Yannick Maignien  1 Albert Strange  1 Jim Michalak  1 Spira International  1 Phil Bolger  1 Pygmy Boats  1
By type
All Paddle  161 Row  151 Sail  268 Power  473 Multihull  87 Other  10
By length
Any Under 12′ 12–16′ 16–20′ 20–26′ Over 26′
By construction
Any stitch and glue  475 plywood on frame  199 plywood  122 strip planked  96 cold molded wood  40 lapstrake plywood  30 fiberglass  20 glued lapstrake plywood  17 radius chine plywood  17 composite  15 lapstrake  14 stitch and glue with strip deck  8
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Design Plans from Type LOA Construction Logs
15' Doppelt Kajak Boatkits Paddle 4.65 m (15′ 3″) stitch and glue 0
15' Hollaendisches Boot Boatkits Power 4.59 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
15' Jolle Boatkits Row 4.56 m (15′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
15' Kajak Boatkits Paddle 4.7 m (15′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
15' Kanu Boatkits Paddle 4.6 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
15' Lapstrake Canoe Duck Trap Woodworking Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) lapstrake 0
15' Okwata-Kajak Boatkits Paddle 4.6 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
15' Ruderkatamaran Boatkits Row 4.59 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
15' Seekajak Boatkits Paddle 4.6 m (15′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
16' 1" Abenaki Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 1″ (4.9 m) strip planked 0
16' 2" Adirondack Guideboat Newfound Woodworks Row 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) strip planked 0
16' 6" Georgian Bay Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
16' 6" Rangeley Lake Boat Newfound Woodworks Row 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
16' 6" Shooting Star Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) strip planked 0
16' 8" Whitehall Pulling Boat Newfound Woodworks Row 16′ 8″ (5.08 m) strip planked 0
16' 9" Wherry Pulling/Sailing Boat Newfound Woodworks Row 16′ 9″ (5.11 m) strip planked 0
16' Chestnut Kruger Newfound Woodworks Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) strip planked 0
16' Flachbuendiges Kanu Boatkits Paddle 4.8 m (15′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
16' Kahn mit flachem Boden Boatkits Row 4.8 m (15′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
16' Seecruiser Boatkits Power 4.91 m (16′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
16' Seekajak Boatkits Paddle 4.9 m (16′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
16' Segelboot Boatkits Sail 4.54 m (14′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
16' Speedboot Boatkits Power 4.63 m (15′ 2″) stitch and glue 0
16' Tourenkanu Boatkits Paddle 5 m (16′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
17' 1" Nipmuc Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 1″ (5.21 m) strip planked 0
17' 11" Outer Island Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 11″ (5.46 m) strip planked 0
17' 2" Navigator Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) strip planked with stitch and glue 0
17' 4" Trekker Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) strip planked with stitch and glue 0
17' 8" Orion Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 8″ (5.39 m) strip planked with stitch and glue 0
17' Ausflugsboot Boatkits Power 5 m (16′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
17' Disko Bay Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Fire Star Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Kanu Boatkits Paddle 5.28 m (17′ 4″) stitch and glue 0
17' Lapstrake Canoe Duck Trap Woodworking Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) lapstrake 0
17' Motorboot Boatkits Power 5.24 m (17′ 2″) stitch and glue 0
17' Rangeley Double Ender Newfound Woodworks Row 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Rangeley Lake Boat Newfound Woodworks Row 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Ruderkanu Boatkits Paddle 5.2 m (17′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
17' Sea Wolf Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Spirit Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
17' Traveler Newfound Woodworks Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
18' 2" White Guide Newfound Woodworks Paddle 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) strip planked 0
18' 4" North Star Newfound Woodworks Paddle 18′ 4″ (5.59 m) strip planked 0
18' 5" Liz Pulling/Sculling Boat Newfound Woodworks Row 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) strip planked 0
18' Jolle Boatkits Power 5.48 m (18′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
18' Seecruiser Boatkits Power 5.59 m (18′ 4″) stitch and glue 0
21' Garvey-Flex-Boot Boatkits Power 6.54 m (21′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
25' Motorboot Boatkits Power 7.75 m (25′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
3-In-1 Stevenson Projects Sail 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood 0
33 Cruiser Racer Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 33′ 2″ (10.1 m) fiberglass 0
6 M Whaler John Welsford Sail 5.99 m (19′ 8″) glued lapstrake plywood 0
8' Entlein Boatkits Row 2.42 m (7′ 11″) glued lapstrake plywood 0
A-Lure Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) plywood on frame 0
Abaco 23 Bateau Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Ace 14 Arch Davis Design Power 14′ 4″ (4.37 m) plywood on frame 0
Acorn Woods Designs Multihull 6.4 m (21′ 0″) plywood 0
Acorn 21 Bateau Multihull 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) stitch and glue 0
Acorn Skiff Iain Oughtred Row 11′ 9″ (3.58 m) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Acquinus c57 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 57′ 0″ (17.37 m) composite 0
Adelie 14 Bateau Sail 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) stitch and glue 0

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