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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
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
Oabåt no. 19 Båtritningar Row 5.18 m (17′ 0″) n/a 0
Oar Plans and Patterns Glen-L Marine Row n/a n/a 0
Oarling II 17 Devlin Row 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) stitch and glue 0
Ocracoke 20 B&B Yacht Designs Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) cold molded wood 0
Ocracoke 20-B B&B Yacht Designs Power 22′ 5″ (6.83 m) cold molded wood 0
Ocracoke 24 B&B Yacht Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) cold molded wood 0
Ocracoke 256 B&B Yacht Designs Power 27′ 11″ (8.51 m) cold molded wood 0
Odyssea Glen-L Marine Power 35′ 8″ (10.87 m) plywood on frame 0
Old Baggie BCA Demco Sail 4.6 m (15′ 1″) strip planked 0
Olympian 23 Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Ondina BCA Demco Paddle 5.4 m (17′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Onyx 28 Devlin Sail 27′ 7″ (8.41 m) stitch and glue 0
Oolichan 13 Devlin Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Open Classic 17 Bateau Power 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) stitch and glue 0
Open Pilot 21 Bateau Power 20′ 11″ (6.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Oppikat Dudley Dix Yacht Design Multihull 9′ 0″ (2.75 m) strip planked 0
Orca 16 Bateau Paddle 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Orca 17 Bateau Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Orca 21 Bateau Paddle 20′ 9″ (6.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Origami Woodenwidget Row 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) plywood 0
Oso Blanco 54 Devlin Power 57′ 3″ (17.45 m) stitch and glue 0
Otter 16 Bateau Sail 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Dory 16 Bateau Power 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Dory 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 15 Bateau Power 15′ 2″ (4.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 17 Bateau Power 16′ 11″ (5.16 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 19 Bateau Power 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) stitch and glue 0
Outer Banks 20 B&B Yacht Designs Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Outer Banks 24 B&B Yacht Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) plywood on frame 0
Outer Banks 26 B&B Yacht Designs Power 26′ 0″ (7.93 m) plywood on frame 0
Outrage Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 5″ (5 m) plywood on frame 0
Outrigger Junior Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Overniter Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) plywood on frame 0
Oxford Shell II Chesapeake Light Craft Row 20′ 10″ (6.35 m) stitch and glue 0
Oysta 25 Devlin Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Oysta 28 Devlin Power 27′ 10″ (8.48 m) stitch and glue 0
Oysta 30 Devlin Power 30′ 0″ (9.14 m) stitch and glue 0
Oysta 42 Devlin Power 42′ 0″ (12.8 m) stitch and glue 0
Oysta 52 Devlin Power 52′ 0″ (15.85 m) stitch and glue 0
Oysta 62 Devlin Power 60′ 9″ (18.52 m) stitch and glue 0
OzonaX Nesting Pram Bedard Yacht Design Sail 10′ 0″ (3.05 m) stitch and glue 0
Pacific Troller Dory Butler Projects Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) plywood 0
Paddle Bass Boat Grandpa's Archive Other n/a n/a 0
Paddle Boat Grandpa's Archive Other n/a n/a 0
Paddleboard Glen-L Marine Paddle 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Paddlewheeler Glen-L Marine Row 7′ 8″ (2.34 m) stitch and glue 0
Paloma 650 open BCA Demco Power 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Paloma Cabinata BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Paloma Daysailer BCA Demco Sail 6.5 m (21′ 4″) strip planked 0
Pålpråm no. 28 Båtritningar Row 5.93 m (19′ 5″) n/a 0
Pamlico 32 Devlin Power 32′ 8″ (9.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 20 Bateau Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 22 Bateau Power 22′ 9″ (6.93 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 25 Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Panga 25 Cabin Bateau Power 25′ 0″ (7.62 m) composite 0
Pantanal 25 B&G Yacht Design Sail 7.65 m (25′ 1″) composite 0
Paper Tiger Ron Given Multihull 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood 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.