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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 94 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
Fliptail Woodenwidget Row 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) skin on frame 0
Float a Home Grandpa's Archive Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) n/a 0
Float Boat Grandpa's Archive Power n/a n/a 0
Flyfisher 13 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Foamee Glen-L Marine Sail 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) fiberglass 0
Fold Up Glen-L Marine Row 10′ 1″ (3.07 m) plywood 0
Foldak Woodenwidget Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) skin on frame 0
Foldavan Woodenwidget Other n/a n/a 0
Francis Drake Glen-L Marine Sail 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) cold molded wood 0
Fred Murphy Glen-L Marine Power 26′ 2″ (7.98 m) plywood on frame 0
Freedom 17 Steve Killing Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Freedom 17-9 Steve Killing Paddle 17′ 9″ (5.41 m) strip planked 0
Full Moon 27 Iver Franzen Sail 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) carvel 0
Gannet 25 Devlin Power 24′ 9″ (7.54 m) stitch and glue 0
Garnpråm no. 29 Båtritningar Row 5.87 m (19′ 3″) n/a 0
Garvey 17 Bateau Power 16′ 8″ (5.08 m) stitch and glue 0
Garvey 18 Bateau Power 17′ 5″ (5.31 m) stitch and glue 0
General Purpose 21 Bateau Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) stitch and glue 0
Gentry Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) cold molded wood 0
Geronimo Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 1″ (4.9 m) plywood on frame 0
Giormax BCA Demco Sail 3 m (9′ 10″) stitch and glue 0
Glass Bottom Glen-L Marine Other 9′ 6″ (2.9 m) stitch and glue 0
Glen-L 10 Glen-L Marine Sail 9′ 11″ (3.02 m) plywood 0
Glen-L 11 Glen-L Marine Sail 11′ 2″ (3.4 m) strip planked 0
Glen-L 12 Glen-L Marine Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 13 Glen-L Marine Sail 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 14 Glen-L Marine Sail 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 15 Glen-L Marine Sail 15′ 1″ (4.6 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 17 Glen-L Marine Sail 17′ 3″ (5.26 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 19 Glen-L Marine Sail 19′ 3″ (5.87 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 21CB Glen-L Marine Sail 21′ 3″ (6.48 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 25 - Fiberglass Glen-L Marine Sail 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) fiberglass 0
Glen-L 25 - Plywood Glen-L Marine Sail 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) plywood on frame 0
Glen-L 30 Glen-L Marine Sail 30′ 0″ (9.14 m) cold molded wood 0
Glen-L 36 Series Glen-L Marine Sail 36′ 0″ (10.97 m) cold molded wood 0
Glen-L 6.9 Glen-L Marine Sail 22′ 7″ (6.88 m) fiberglass 0
Glen-L 7.9 Glen-L Marine Sail 25′ 11″ (7.9 m) fiberglass 0
Godzilla 22 Devlin Power 22′ 0″ (6.71 m) stitch and glue 0
Godzilla 25 Devlin Power 24′ 8″ (7.52 m) stitch and glue 0
Godzilli 16 Devlin Power 16′ 7″ (5.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Golden Bay Setnet John Welsford Sail 3.9 m (12′ 10″) plywood 0
Goldfish Plyboat Paddle 2.3 m (7′ 7″) stitch and glue 0
Goliath Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) plywood on frame 0
Gollywobbler 38 Devlin Power 38′ 6″ (11.74 m) stitch and glue 0
Gollywobbler 43 Devlin Power 42′ 8″ (13.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Gosling 10 Devlin Row 10′ 11″ (3.32 m) stitch and glue 0
Gosling 10 Chesapeake Light Craft Row 10′ 11″ (3.32 m) stitch and glue 0
Gozzo 4m BCA Demco Row 4 m (13′ 1″) strip planked 0
Gozzo 5.20m BCA Demco Row 5.2 m (17′ 1″) strip planked 0
Gozzo 6.50m BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Grace's Tender Arch Davis Design Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Grand Diva Kayak B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) stitch and glue 0
Great Auk 17 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Great Auk Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) strip planked 0
Great Island Rowboat Duck Trap Woodworking Row 12′ 10″ (3.91 m) n/a 0
Greenland Night Heron Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
GT Cruiser 23 Bateau Power 23′ 6″ (7.16 m) stitch and glue 0
GT Cruiser 27 Bateau Power 27′ 6″ (8.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Guillemot Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Guillemot "L" Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 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.