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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
Kingfisher 36 Devlin Power 36′ 6″ (11.13 m) stitch and glue 0
Kingpin Glen-L Marine Power 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) plywood on frame 0
KIS 4.0 BCA Demco Sail 4 m (13′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
KIS 4.2S BCA Demco Sail 4.23 m (13′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
KIS 4.7 BCA Demco Sail 4.7 m (15′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
Kiwi PDR John Welsford Sail 2.44 m (8′ 0″) plywood 0
Klickitat White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Klondike Glen-L Marine Power 49′ 0″ (14.94 m) cold molded wood 0
Kodiak Glen-L Marine Sail 28′ 6″ (8.69 m) fiberglass 0
Kokanee White Salmon Boat Works Paddle n/a strip planked 0
Kokanee Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 6″ (6.25 m) plywood on frame 0
Kokanee 36 Devlin Power 36′ 0″ (10.97 m) stitch and glue 0
Kokanee 38 Devlin Power 38′ 8″ (11.79 m) stitch and glue 0
Kokanee 43 Devlin Power 43′ 4″ (13.21 m) stitch and glue 0
Kona Kai Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 6″ (7.47 m) plywood on frame 0
Krista-x Rower 24 Devlin Row 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) stitch and glue 0
Krokeka no. 21 Båtritningar Row 6.15 m (20′ 2″) n/a 0
L Capitan Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 3″ (5.26 m) plywood on frame 0
L Dorado Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) plywood on frame 0
L Gato Glen-L Marine Sail 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) plywood on frame 0
La Chatte Glen-L Marine Sail 15′ 8″ (4.78 m) plywood on frame 0
La Paz 22 Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 1″ (6.73 m) plywood on frame 0
Laguna Madre 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Lake Union Swift Chesapeake Light Craft Power 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Laker 14 Dillon Racing Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) plywood 0
Laker SC12 Dillon Racing Power 12′ 3″ (3.73 m) plywood 0
Landgångspråm no. 20 Båtritningar Row 5.17 m (16′ 11″) n/a 0
Lapwing 16 B&B Yacht Designs Sail 15′ 8″ (4.78 m) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Laughing Gull Arch Davis Design Sail 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Lazy Daze Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Liberte 65 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 64′ 10″ (19.76 m) multi chine steel 0
Lichen 20 Devlin Sail 19′ 7″ (5.97 m) stitch and glue 0
Light Dory John Welsford Row 5.14 m (16′ 10″) plywood 0
Lighthouse Tender Peapod Chesapeake Light Craft Row 13′ 5″ (4.09 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Linach 15 Devlin Row 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Lincolnville Salmon Wherry Duck Trap Woodworking Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) lapstrake 0
Lingcod 24 Devlin Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Lingcod 27 Devlin Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) stitch and glue 0
Lingcod 29 Houseboat Devlin Power 29′ 8″ (9.04 m) stitch and glue 0
Linnet 16 Woods Designs Row 4.88 m (16′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
Lion 1050 Unik Yachts Sail 10.5 m (34′ 5″) plywood 0
Lion 450 Unik Yachts Sail 4.5 m (14′ 9″) plywood 0
Lion 550 Unik Yachts Sail 5.5 m (18′ 1″) plywood 0
Lion 600 Unik Yachts Sail 6 m (19′ 8″) plywood 0
Lion 870 Unik Yachts Sail 8.7 m (28′ 7″) plywood 0
Lit'l Coot 18 Bilge Keel Devlin Sail 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Lit'l Coot 18 Full Keel Devlin Sail 17′ 10″ (5.45 m) stitch and glue 0
Lit'l Petrel 9 Devlin Row 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) stitch and glue 0
Little Chief Canoe Grandpa's Archive Paddle n/a n/a 0
Little Cod 21 Devlin Power 21′ 5″ (6.53 m) stitch and glue 0
Little Creek 47 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 47′ 3″ (14.4 m) multi chine steel 0
Little Fellow Vintage Projects Power 6′ 6″ (1.98 m) n/a 0
Little Hunk Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 3″ (5.56 m) plywood on frame 0
Lo Voltage Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Lobster Boat 26 Bateau Power 26′ 3″ (8 m) composite 0
Lobsterman's Skiff Duck Trap Woodworking Row 9′ 6″ (2.9 m) lapstrake 0
Lodestar Glen-L Marine Sail 55′ 0″ (16.76 m) steel 0
Long Lake Long Lake Wooden Boats Row 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) stitch and glue 0
Long Steps John Welsford Sail n/a plywood 0
Long Weekend Plyboat Paddle 3.65 m (12′ 0″) 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.