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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.

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Design Plans from Type LOA Construction Logs
Rhodes Wherry Duck Trap Woodworking Sail 10′ 7″ (3.23 m) lapstrake 0
Rifleman John Welsford Power 4.5 m (14′ 9″) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Rio Drift Boat Glen-L Marine Row 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) stitch and glue 0
Ripple 4.2 Spirited Designs Multihull 4.2 m (13′ 9″) composite 0
RipTide XR-457 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip plank composite 0
River Crawler 22 Devlin Power 22′ 2″ (6.76 m) stitch and glue 0
River Jon Niel Shelton Power n/a n/a 0
River Rat Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) plywood on frame 0
Riviera Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 3″ (6.17 m) cold molded wood 0
Rob Roy Glen-L Marine Paddle 14′ 5″ (4.39 m) stitch and glue 0
Rob Roy 14 Geodesic Airolite Boats Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) skin on frame 0
Roberts 15 Bruce Roberts Sail 15′ 0″ (4.58 m) n/a 0
Roberts 19 Bruce Roberts Sail 19′ 3″ (5.86 m) cold molded wood 0
Roberts 25 Bruce Roberts Sail 25′ 3″ (7.7 m) n/a 0
Rock Creek Drifter Butler Projects Row 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood 0
RoG 15 Micro-cruiser Bedard Yacht Design Sail 15′ 3″ (4.65 m) stitch and glue 0
Rogue John Welsford Sail 4.45 m (14′ 7″) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Rogue Runner Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) plywood on frame 0
Romany Woods Designs Multihull 10.4 m (34′ 1″) plywood 0
Roof Rack John Welsford Row 2.18 m (7′ 2″) plywood 0
Roustabout Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Rover 29 Cruiser Devlin Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) stitch and glue 0
Rover 29 Halibut Devlin Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) stitch and glue 0
Rover 29 Troller Devlin Power 29′ 0″ (8.84 m) stitch and glue 0
Row 13 Bateau Row 13′ 4″ (4.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Row Sail Power Combo Vintage Projects Row n/a n/a 0
Rowing and Sailing Dory Grandpa's Archive Row n/a n/a 0
Rowme Glen-L Marine Row 12′ 2″ (3.71 m) stitch and glue 0
Run Riot 24 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 24′ 0″ (7.32 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Runabout 12 Bateau Power 12′ 6″ (3.81 m) composite 0
Runabout 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) composite 0
Runabout 16 Bateau Power 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) composite 0
Runabout 18 Bateau Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) composite 0
Rundgatting no. 15 Båtritningar Sail 4.45 m (14′ 7″) n/a 0
Runner Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Rustica 570 BCA Demco Power 5.7 m (18′ 8″) plywood 0
Sabbatical Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 50′ 0″ (15.24 m) round bilge aluminum 0
Saboteer Glen-L Marine Sail 9′ 7″ (2.92 m) plywood on frame 0
Sabotina Glen-L Marine Sail 7′ 10″ (2.39 m) stitch and glue 0
Sagitta Woods Designs Multihull 9.14 m (30′ 0″) strip planked 0
Sailing Canoe Grandpa's Archive Sail n/a n/a 0
Salish 28 Woods Designs Multihull 8.5 m (27′ 11″) plywood 0
Salmon Wherry 15.5 Bartender Boats Sail 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) n/a 0
Salmon Wherry 17 Bartender Boats Sail 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) n/a 0
Salmon Wherry 19 Bartender Boats Sail 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) n/a 0
Saltaspiaggia Modern Wooden Boat Sail 6.1 m (20′ 0″) stitch and glue 0
SAM BCA Demco Sail 5.5 m (18′ 1″) strip planked 0
Samoa 28 B&G Yacht Design Sail 8.8 m (28′ 10″) composite 0
Samoa 34 B&G Yacht Design Sail 10.4 m (34′ 1″) n/a 0
Sand Dollar Arch Davis Design Sail 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) lapstrake plywood 0
Sanddab 6 Devlin Row 6′ 0″ (1.83 m) stitch and glue 0
Sande Ace Sande Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) plywood 0
Sanderson 34 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 34′ 1″ (10.4 m) fiberglass 0
Sandpiper 8 Devlin Row 8′ 2″ (2.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Sango Woods Designs Multihull 7.7 m (25′ 3″) strip planked 0
Sanpiera BCA Demco Sail 6.98 m (22′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Sassafras 12 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Sassafras 16 Canoe Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Saturday Night Special John Welsford Sail 4.47 m (14′ 8″) plywood 0
Saturn Woods Designs Multihull 8.8 m (28′ 10″) plywood on frame 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.