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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
Acquinus c57 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 57′ 0″ (17.37 m) composite 0
Aegean 30 Woods Designs Multihull 9.2 m (30′ 2″) plywood 0
Backpack 38 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 38′ 0″ (11.58 m) demountable plywood 0
DH550 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 54′ 11″ (16.75 m) plywood 0
DH550 Charter Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 54′ 11″ (16.75 m) plywood 0
Dix 430 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 43′ 2″ (13.15 m) plywood 0
Dix 470 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 46′ 9″ (14.24 m) plywood 0
Eclipse Woods Designs Multihull 9.9 m (32′ 6″) strip planked 0
Flica 34 Woods Designs Multihull 10.4 m (34′ 1″) plywood 0
Gypsy Woods Designs Multihull 8.5 m (27′ 11″) plywood 0
Jazz 30 Bateau Multihull 30′ 0″ (9.15 m) n/a 0
Jazz 30 Woods Designs Multihull 9.15 m (30′ 0″) plywood 0
Madness 31-foot Pacific Proa Chesapeake Light Craft Multihull 30′ 8″ (9.35 m) stitch and glue 0
Mira Woods Designs Multihull 10.65 m (34′ 11″) plywood 0
Mirage Woods Designs Multihull 11 m (36′ 1″) plywood 0
Romany Woods Designs Multihull 10.4 m (34′ 1″) plywood 0
Sagitta Woods Designs Multihull 9.14 m (30′ 0″) strip planked 0
Salish 28 Woods Designs Multihull 8.5 m (27′ 11″) plywood 0
Saturn Woods Designs Multihull 8.8 m (28′ 10″) plywood on frame 0
Sirene du Saloum BCA Demco Multihull 9.8 m (32′ 2″) stitch and glue 0
Skoota 28 Bateau Multihull 27′ 11″ (8.5 m) plywood on frame 0
Skoota 28 Woods Designs Multihull 8.5 m (27′ 11″) plywood 0
Skoota 32 Bateau Multihull 32′ 6″ (9.9 m) composite 0
Skoota 32 Woods Designs Multihull 9.9 m (32′ 6″) composite 0
Skoota 36 Bateau Multihull 36′ 1″ (11 m) plywood on frame 0
Skoota 36 Woods Designs Multihull 11 m (36′ 1″) plywood 0
Skua Woods Designs Multihull 9 m (29′ 6″) strip planked 0
Surfsong Woods Designs Multihull 8.4 m (27′ 7″) plywood 0
Tamar 31 Woods Designs Multihull 9.5 m (31′ 2″) plywood 0
Titicat BCA Demco Multihull 9 m (29′ 6″) strip planked 0
Vardo Woods Designs Multihull 10.4 m (34′ 1″) plywood 0
Windsong Woods Designs Multihull 9.15 m (30′ 0″) plywood 0

Boat not listed? Start your log and type its name and it gets added to the catalog. Specs here are community-maintained; check them against the designer’s own drawings before you cut anything.