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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
12ft Driftboat Glen-L Marine Row 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
14ft Driftboat Glen-L Marine Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood 0
Amphora Stevenson Projects Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood 0
Bevin's Skiff Chesapeake Light Craft Row 11′ 8″ (3.56 m) plywood 0
Centerfold Glen-L Marine Row 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) plywood 0
Dory Glen-L Marine Row 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood 0
Driftboat 16s Glen-L Marine Row 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood 0
Drifter Glen-L Marine Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood 0
Fold Up Glen-L Marine Row 10′ 1″ (3.07 m) plywood 0
Imp Glen-L Marine Row 9′ 9″ (2.97 m) plywood 0
Joansa John Welsford Row 4.6 m (15′ 1″) plywood 0
Light Dory John Welsford Row 5.14 m (16′ 10″) plywood 0
Lumberyard Punt Duck Trap Woodworking Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood 0
MI Bateau Multichine Bateau Row 12′ 8″ (3.86 m) plywood 0
Nesting Expedition Dinghy Chesapeake Light Craft Row 10′ 6″ (3.2 m) plywood 0
Origami Woodenwidget Row 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) plywood 0
Power Drifter Glen-L Marine Row n/a plywood 0
Roof Rack John Welsford Row 2.18 m (7′ 2″) plywood 0
Scraps John Welsford Row 1.89 m (6′ 2″) plywood 0
Sherpa John Welsford Row 2.75 m (9′ 0″) plywood 0
Tender Behind John Welsford Row 2.22 m (7′ 3″) plywood 0
Tortoise Phil Bolger Row 6′ 5″ (1.96 m) plywood 0

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