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.
1626 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12' Garvey Jolle | Boatkits | Power | 3.76 m (12′ 4″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 12' Ruderboot | Boatkits | Row | 3.7 m (12′ 2″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 12ft Driftboat | Glen-L Marine | Row | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | plywood | 0 |
| 13 ft Rowboat | Grandpa's Archive | Row | 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) | n/a | 0 |
| 13' 3" Wee Lassie II | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 13′ 3″ (4.04 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 13' Jolle mit flachem Boden | Boatkits | Row | 3.9 m (12′ 10″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 13' Kajak | Boatkits | Paddle | 4 m (13′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 13' Kanu | Boatkits | Paddle | 3.91 m (12′ 10″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 13' Kombi Kanu | Boatkits | Paddle | 3.96 m (13′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 13' Lapstrake Canoe | Duck Trap Woodworking | Paddle | 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| 13' Schwan | Boatkits | Row | 3.83 m (12′ 7″) | glued lapstrake plywood | 0 |
| 13' wPod | Boatkits | Sail | 4.11 m (13′ 6″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 131 ft Ketch Antonia | Benford Design Group | Sail | 131′ 0″ (39.93 m) | cold moulded | 0 |
| 14 ft Sloop Happy | Benford Design Group | Sail | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | cold moulded | 0 |
| 14 ft Tug Bullhead , Trawler Yacht & Grivit | Benford Design Group | Power | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded | 0 |
| 14-Foot Great Auk | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 14.6 ft Flat Bottom 494 | Response Marine | Power | 14′ 7″ (4.45 m) | aluminum | 0 |
| 14' Garvey Jolle | Boatkits | Power | 4.2 m (13′ 9″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 14' Motorjolle | Boatkits | Power | 4.31 m (14′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 14' Motorkanu | Boatkits | Paddle | 4.3 m (14′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 14' Paddle Board | Boatkits | Paddle | 4.27 m (14′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 14ft Driftboat | Glen-L Marine | Row | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | plywood | 0 |
| 15' 11" Explorer | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) | strip planked with stitch and glue | 0 |
| 15' 6" Voyager | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 15' 9" Osprey | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 15' Doppelt Kajak | Boatkits | Paddle | 4.65 m (15′ 3″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 15' Hollaendisches Boot | Boatkits | Power | 4.59 m (15′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 15' Jolle | Boatkits | Row | 4.56 m (15′ 0″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 15' Kajak | Boatkits | Paddle | 4.7 m (15′ 5″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 15' Kanu | Boatkits | Paddle | 4.6 m (15′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 15' Lapstrake Canoe | Duck Trap Woodworking | Paddle | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | lapstrake | 0 |
| 15' Okwata-Kajak | Boatkits | Paddle | 4.6 m (15′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 15' Ruderkatamaran | Boatkits | Row | 4.59 m (15′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 15' Seekajak | Boatkits | Paddle | 4.6 m (15′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 16 ft Conch Ad Libitum Sailing Tender | Benford Design Group | Sail | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | plywood bottom with lapstrake sides | 0 |
| 16 ft Flat Bottom 472 | Response Marine | Power | 16′ 1″ (4.9 m) | aluminum | 0 |
| 16.3 ft Flat Bottom 495 | Response Marine | Power | 16′ 4″ (4.98 m) | aluminum | 0 |
| 16' 1" Abenaki | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 16′ 1″ (4.9 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 16' 2" Adirondack Guideboat | Newfound Woodworks | Row | 16′ 2″ (4.93 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 16' 6" Georgian Bay | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 16' 6" Rangeley Lake Boat | Newfound Woodworks | Row | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 16' 6" Shooting Star | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 16' 8" Whitehall Pulling Boat | Newfound Woodworks | Row | 16′ 8″ (5.08 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 16' 9" Wherry Pulling/Sailing Boat | Newfound Woodworks | Row | 16′ 9″ (5.11 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 16' Chestnut Kruger | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 16' Flachbuendiges Kanu | Boatkits | Paddle | 4.8 m (15′ 9″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 16' Kahn mit flachem Boden | Boatkits | Row | 4.8 m (15′ 9″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 16' Seecruiser | Boatkits | Power | 4.91 m (16′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 16' Seekajak | Boatkits | Paddle | 4.9 m (16′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 16' Segelboot | Boatkits | Sail | 4.54 m (14′ 11″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 16' Speedboot | Boatkits | Power | 4.63 m (15′ 2″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 16' Tourenkanu | Boatkits | Paddle | 5 m (16′ 5″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| 17 ft Catboat Puffin & Cruising Cat Liberty | Benford Design Group | Sail | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or strip planked | 0 |
| 17 ft Cruiser | Benford Design Group | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | C-Flex fibreglass | 0 |
| 17 ft Cruising Sloop or Yawl or Gaff Sloop | Benford Design Group | Sail | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded or strip planked | 0 |
| 17 ft Fantail Steam Launch Myf | Benford Design Group | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | carvel planked | 0 |
| 17 ft Flat Bottom 552 | Response Marine | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | aluminum | 0 |
| 17 ft V Hull 480 | Response Marine | Power | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | aluminum | 0 |
| 17' 1" Nipmuc | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 17′ 1″ (5.21 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 17' 11" Outer Island | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 17′ 11″ (5.46 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.