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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
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
Mollyhawk John Welsford Row 5.34 m (17′ 6″) stitch and glue plywood 0
Monaco Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 4″ (5.89 m) cold molded wood 0
Monsoon Glen-L Marine Power 22′ 3″ (6.78 m) plywood on frame 0
Montana Guide Boat Butler Projects Row 11′ 6″ (3.51 m) plywood 0
Montana Pram Butler Projects Row 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) plywood 0
Monte Carlo Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 6″ (7.47 m) cold molded wood 0
Moon River 48 Devlin Power 47′ 10″ (14.58 m) stitch and glue 0
Moonfish 14 Bateau Sail 14′ 5″ (4.39 m) stitch and glue 0
Moschino BCA Demco Multihull 5 m (16′ 5″) stitch and glue 0
Moth BCA Demco Sail 3.35 m (11′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
Motor Canoe Butler Projects Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Motorsnipa no. 11 Båtritningar Power 5.72 m (18′ 9″) n/a 0
Motorsnipa no. 34 Båtritningar Power 4.32 m (14′ 2″) n/a 0
Mouse Grande Plyboat Row 2.34 m (7′ 8″) stitch and glue 0
Mr. John Glen-L Marine Row 11′ 9″ (3.58 m) plywood on frame 0
Mud Dauber 22 H.B. Devlin Power 21′ 11″ (6.67 m) stitch and glue 0
Mud Dauber 23 Devlin Power 23′ 1″ (7.05 m) stitch and glue 0
Mud Peep 12 Devlin Sail 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) stitch and glue 0
MugWump 22 Devlin Power 23′ 7″ (7.19 m) stitch and glue 0
Multichine 23 B&G Yacht Design Sail 7.2 m (23′ 7″) plywood on frame 0
Multichine 26C B&G Yacht Design Sail 8.74 m (28′ 8″) plywood on frame 0
Multichine 28 B&G Yacht Design Sail 9.2 m (30′ 2″) plywood on frame 0
Multichine 31 B&G Yacht Design Sail 9.45 m (31′ 0″) plywood on frame 0
Mushulu 12 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood composite 0
Mushulu 14 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood composite 0
Mystery Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) strip planked 0
Mystic River Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) strip planked 0
Naiade BCA Demco Paddle 5.35 m (17′ 7″) stitch and glue 0
Nancy's China 15 Devlin Sail 15′ 3″ (4.65 m) stitch and glue 0
Nancy's China DC 15 Devlin Sail 15′ 2″ (4.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Naskeag 16 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 16′ 2″ (4.92 m) stitch and glue 0
Nereide BCA Demco Paddle 4.8 m (15′ 9″) strip planked 0
Nesting Dinghy 11 Bateau Row 10′ 6″ (3.2 m) stitch and glue 0
Nesting Expedition Dinghy Chesapeake Light Craft Row 10′ 6″ (3.2 m) plywood 0
Newfoundland Trap Skiff Duck Trap Woodworking Sail 19′ 3″ (5.87 m) lapstrake 0
Nice Canoe 16 Bateau Paddle n/a n/a 0
Night Heron Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Night Heron - High Deck Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Nimrod Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Nimrod 12 Geodesic Airolite Boats Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) skin on frame 0
Nina 22 Bateau Power 21′ 9″ (6.63 m) stitch and glue 0
Ninfa BCA Demco Paddle 4.3 m (14′ 1″) stitch and glue 0
Noank Pulling Boat Chesapeake Light Craft Row 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Noddy 16 Devlin Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Nomad Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood on frame 0
Nor'wester Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 8″ (7.82 m) plywood on frame 0
Nordcoaster Glen-L Marine Power 27′ 0″ (8.23 m) plywood on frame 0
North Haven 24 Devlin Power 23′ 10″ (7.26 m) stitch and glue 0
Northwest Passage Long Lake Wooden Boats Paddle 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Northwest Passage XL Long Lake Wooden Boats Paddle 18′ 8″ (5.69 m) stitch and glue 0
Northwind Grandpa's Archive Paddle n/a plywood on frame 0
Norwegian Gunning Dory Butler Projects Row 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) plywood 0
Norwegian Pram 10 Butler Projects Sail 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) plywood 0
Norwegian Pram 8 Butler Projects Sail 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood 0
Novi 23 Bateau Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Noyo Trawler Glen-L Marine Power 24′ 1″ (7.34 m) plywood on frame 0
Nutshell 7 Bateau Row 7′ 6″ (2.29 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.