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
Cabin Skiff	Glen-L Marine	Power	16′ 3″ (4.95 m)	stitch and glue	1
Hornolo	Yannick Maignien	Sail	18′ 1″ (5.5 m)	plywood	1
Hot Rod	Glen-L Marine	Power	16′ 6″ (5.03 m)	plywood on frame	1
Sea Strike 16	Bowdidge Marine Designs	Power	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	plywood fiberglass composite	1
The Guider	Chesapeake Light Craft	Row	18′ 7″ (5.66 m)	lapstrake plywood	1
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' 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' 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
6 M Whaler	John Welsford	Sail	5.99 m (19′ 8″)	glued lapstrake plywood	0
Adelie 16	Bateau	Sail	16′ 0″ (4.88 m)	stitch and glue	0
AF4	Jim Michalak	Power	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	plywood	0
Alenu 540	Modern Wooden Boat	Paddle	5.4 m (17′ 9″)	stitch and glue	0
Aleutesque	Chesapeake Light Craft	Paddle	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	strip planked	0
Alpha 2	Glen-L Marine	Sail	18′ 6″ (5.64 m)	plywood	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
Aqua Cat	Glen-L Marine	Power	18′ 2″ (5.54 m)	plywood on frame	0
Audeen	Glen-L Marine	Power	16′ 3″ (4.95 m)	plywood on frame	0
Autumn Leaves Canoe Yawl	Chesapeake Light Craft	Sail	18′ 5″ (5.61 m)	plywood	0
AWOL	John Welsford	Sail	5.05 m (16′ 7″)	plywood	0
Barrelback 19	Glen-L Marine	Power	19′ 1″ (5.82 m)	cold molded wood	0
Bay Pilot 18	Arch Davis Design	Power	18′ 0″ (5.49 m)	plywood on frame	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
Belhaven 19	B&B Yacht Designs	Sail	19′ 0″ (5.79 m)	stitch and glue	0
Bette 500 HV	Modern Wooden Boat	Paddle	5 m (16′ 5″)	stitch and glue	0
Bette 500 LV	Modern Wooden Boat	Paddle	5 m (16′ 5″)	stitch and glue	0

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