Plans and kits

Designs to build

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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Most logs Name A–Z Shortest first Longest first

6 boats

Compare two boats

Design	Plans from	Type	LOA	Construction
12ft Driftboat	Glen-L Marine	Row	12′ 0″ (3.66 m)	plywood
14ft Driftboat	Glen-L Marine	Row	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	plywood
Dory	Glen-L Marine	Row	15′ 6″ (4.72 m)	plywood
Drifter	Glen-L Marine	Row	14′ 0″ (4.27 m)	plywood
Joansa	John Welsford	Row	4.6 m (15′ 1″)	plywood
MI Bateau Multichine	Bateau	Row	12′ 8″ (3.86 m)	plywood

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.