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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Design	Plans from	Type	LOA	Construction	Logs
Northeaster Dory	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	17′ 0″ (5.18 m)	lapstrake plywood	2
The Guider	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	18′ 7″ (5.66 m)	lapstrake plywood	1
16' 2" Adirondack Guideboat	Newfound Woodworks	Row	16′ 2″ (4.93 m)	strip planked	0
16' 6" Rangeley Lake Boat	Newfound Woodworks	Row	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
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
18' 5" Liz Pulling/Sculling Boat	Newfound Woodworks	Row	18′ 5″ (5.61 m)	strip planked	0
Angus Expedition Rowboat	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	stitch and glue	0
Angus RowCruiser	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	19′ 0″ (5.79 m)	stitch and glue	0
Annapolis Wherry	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	17′ 8″ (5.39 m)	lapstrake plywood	0
Annapolis Wherry Tandem	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	19′ 10″ (6.05 m)	lapstrake plywood	0
Bay Skipper 18	Devlin	Row	18′ 1″ (5.52 m)	stitch and glue	0
Bee 16	Woods Designs	Row	4.88 m (16′ 0″)	stitch and glue	0
Driftboat 16s	Glen-L Marine	Row	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	plywood	0
Duck Trap Wherry	Duck Trap Woodworking	Row	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	lapstrake	0
Duckling 17	Devlin	Row	17′ 4″ (5.27 m)	stitch and glue	0
Expedition Wherry	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	18′ 3″ (5.56 m)	stitch and glue	0
Gozzo 5.20m	BCA Demco	Row	5.2 m (17′ 1″)	strip planked	0
Light Dory	John Welsford	Row	5.14 m (16′ 10″)	plywood	0
Linnet 16	Woods Designs	Row	4.88 m (16′ 0″)	stitch and glue	0
Matinicus Double Ender	Duck Trap Woodworking	Row	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	lapstrake	0
Mollyhawk	John Welsford	Row	5.34 m (17′ 6″)	stitch and glue plywood	0
Noank Pulling Boat	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	strip planked	0
Oarling II 17	Devlin	Row	17′ 4″ (5.28 m)	stitch and glue	0
Rio Drift Boat	Glen-L Marine	Row	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	stitch and glue	0
Sculling Skiff	Glen-L Marine	Row	17′ 2″ (5.23 m)	stitch and glue	0
Surge Coastal Rower 1CX Rowing Boat	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	19′ 8″ (5.99 m)	stitch and glue	0
Thalas 16	BCA Demco	Row	4.88 m (16′ 0″)	stitch and glue	0
Wee Hunk	Glen-L Marine	Row	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	stitch and glue	0
Whitehall	Glen-L Marine	Row	16′ 11″ (5.16 m)	strip planked	0

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