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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 95 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.

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Design Plans from Type LOA Construction Logs
Silver 55 BCA Demco Power 5.55 m (18′ 3″) plywood 0
Silver Star 26/32 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 25′ 7″ (7.8 m) fiberglass 0
Sirocco Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Skånesnipa TG 24 no. 18 Båtritningar Power 5.95 m (19′ 6″) n/a 0
Ski Bass Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Ski King Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Ski Tow Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 8″ (4.47 m) plywood on frame 0
Slither Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Slot Machine Glen-L Marine Power 45′ 11″ (14 m) fiberglass 0
Snake Shooter Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 1″ (6.12 m) plywood on frame 0
Snow Goose 16 Devlin Power 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Solarium 44 Fantail Yacht Duchess Benford Design Group Power 44′ 0″ (13.41 m) cold moulded 0
Solo Flats Skiff (FS13) Bateau Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Sorrento Glen-L Marine Power 36′ 0″ (10.97 m) plywood on frame 0
Sponge Docks Skiff 13 Bedard Yacht Design Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Sponge Docks Skiff 16 Bedard Yacht Design Power 15′ 10″ (4.83 m) stitch and glue 0
Sponge Docks Skiff 19 Bedard Yacht Design Power 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) stitch and glue 0
Sport C Tunnel Dillon Racing Power 11′ 7″ (3.53 m) plywood 0
Sport Fisherman 24 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) wood 0
Sportfish 570 BCA Demco Power 5.7 m (18′ 8″) plywood 0
Sportfoil Stevenson Projects Power n/a plywood 0
SportzMaster 19 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) strip plank composite 0
Stiletto Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood on frame 0
Super Huck Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) plywood 0
Super Spartan Glen-L Marine Power 10′ 2″ (3.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Surf Scoter 22 Devlin Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Surf Scoter 22 Chesapeake Light Craft Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Surf Scoter 24 Fisher Devlin Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) stitch and glue 0
Surf Scoter 24 Traditional Devlin Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) stitch and glue 0
Sweet Sixteen Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Swish Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Tahoe 19 Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 2″ (5.84 m) cold molded wood 0
Tahoe 23 Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) cold molded wood 0
Tempest Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) cold molded wood 0
Texas Scooter 19 Bateau Power 19′ 4″ (5.89 m) composite 0
Texas Sled 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Thunderbolt Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 3″ (5.26 m) plywood on frame 0
TimberCoast 22 Bartender Boats Power 21′ 11″ (6.67 m) n/a 0
Tiny Might Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Titan Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
TNT Glen-L Marine Power 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) plywood on frame 0
Tornado Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Torpedo Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 3″ (5.87 m) cold molded wood 0
Trawler 28 Bateau Power 28′ 2″ (8.59 m) stitch and glue 0
Tropic 12 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Tropic 14 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Trover John Welsford Power 4.4 m (14′ 5″) plywood 0
True Grit Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) plywood on frame 0
Tubby Tugboat Glen-L Marine Power 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) stitch and glue 0
Tuffy Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 1″ (3.99 m) plywood on frame 0
Tug Along Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Tunnel Mite Glen-L Marine Power 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood on frame 0
Two Plus Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Union Jack Glen-L Marine Power 30′ 11″ (9.42 m) steel 0
Utility Glen-L Marine Power 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) plywood on frame 0
V-Dory Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Vandal Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 3″ (6.78 m) plywood on frame 0
Variant Glen-L Marine Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) plywood on frame 0
Vee Gull Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
Vera Cruise Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) plywood on frame 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.