Boat designs
Wooden boat plans and kits, with the build logs attached
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.
1,600+ boat plans and kits from 99 designers are listed here in one place: Glen-L Marine, Chesapeake Light Craft, Devlin, Dudley Dix, John Welsford, Iain Oughtred, Bateau, Benford and the rest. Every design page carries the specs, where the plans or the kit come from, and every build log anyone here has kept of that boat, so you can see what it actually took before you buy the drawings.
Filter by who drew it, by what it is (kayaks, canoes, skiffs, dories, dinghies, sailboats, runabouts and cruisers), by length, or by how it goes together: stitch and glue, glued lapstrake, strip plank, plywood on frame, skin on frame. Most of the catalog is plywood, which is also where a first boat should start.
37 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13' Lapstrake Canoe | Duck Trap Woodworking | Paddle | 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| 15' Lapstrake Canoe | Duck Trap Woodworking | Paddle | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| 16' Chestnut Kruger | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 17' Lapstrake Canoe | Duck Trap Woodworking | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| 18 ft Canoe Yawl Iota , Catboat or Gaff Sloop | Benford Design Group | Sail | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | cold molded | 0 |
| 18' 2" White Guide | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 23 ft Canoe Yawl | Benford Design Group | Sail | 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) | Airex cored fiberglass or cold molded | 0 |
| Autumn Leaves Canoe Yawl | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 18′ 5″ (5.61 m) | plywood | 0 |
| BETH Sailing Canoe | Storer Boat Plans | Sail | 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Birder Decked Canoe | B&B Yacht Designs | Paddle | 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| CLC Kayak/Canoe SailRig | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Eureka 155 Canoe | Storer Boat Plans | Paddle | 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Expedition Sailing Canoe | B&B Yacht Designs | Sail | 17′ 9″ (5.41 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Flyfisher 13 Canoe | B&B Yacht Designs | Paddle | 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Kombi Sail and Paddle Canoe | Storer Boat Plans | Sail | 15′ 7″ (4.74 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Little Chief Canoe | Grandpa's Archive | Paddle | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Lynnhaven 16 Touring Canoe | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | Paddle | 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Moccasin 12 Canoe | B&B Yacht Designs | Paddle | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Moccasin 14 Canoe | B&B Yacht Designs | Paddle | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Moccasin Double Canoe | B&B Yacht Designs | Paddle | 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Motor Canoe | Butler Projects | Power | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Mystic River Canoe | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Nice Canoe 16 | Bateau | Paddle | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Nymph 10 Canoe | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Nymph 12 Canoe | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Peace Canoe | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Quick Canoe 155 | Storer Boat Plans | Paddle | 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Quick Canoe Electric | Storer Boat Plans | Power | n/a | plywood | 0 |
| Redwood Canoe | Grandpa's Archive | Paddle | n/a | strip planked | 0 |
| Sailing Canoe | Grandpa's Archive | Sail | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Sassafras 12 Canoe | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Sassafras 16 Canoe | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Stillaguamish Tribe 26 Foot Canoe | Devlin | Paddle | 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Stillaguamish Tribe 36 Foot Canoe | Devlin | Paddle | 36′ 0″ (10.97 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Swift Canoe 16 | Bateau | Paddle | 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Viola 14 Sailing Canoe | Storer Boat Plans | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | plywood | 0 |
| Waterlust Sailing Canoe | Chesapeake Light Craft | Sail | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | stitch and glue | 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.