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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
Saylon 20 Woods Designs Multihull 6.1 m (20′ 0″) plywood 0
Saylon 20 Bateau Multihull 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
SCAMP John Welsford Sail 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) plywood 0
Scarlet Macaw 33 Devlin Power 32′ 11″ (10.03 m) stitch and glue 0
Scaup 16 Devlin Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) stitch and glue 0
Scaup 18 Devlin Power 18′ 7″ (5.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Scheggia BCA Demco Sail 3.02 m (9′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Schizzo BCA Demco Power 4.5 m (14′ 9″) plywood 0
Scilly Gig 15 Bateau Row 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Scooter Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) plywood on frame 0
Scout 20 Devlin Power 20′ 2″ (6.15 m) stitch and glue 0
Scrambler Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Scraps John Welsford Row 1.89 m (6′ 2″) plywood 0
Scud Bartender Boats Sail 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) n/a 0
Scud II Bartender Boats Sail 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) n/a 0
Scull Boat Glen-L Marine Row 15′ 4″ (4.67 m) plywood on frame 0
Sculldugery 15 Devlin Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Sculldugery II 17 Devlin Power 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) stitch and glue 0
Sculling Skiff Glen-L Marine Row 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) stitch and glue 0
Sea Angler Glen-L Marine Power 35′ 3″ (10.74 m) cold molded wood 0
Sea Craft 25 Cabin Cruiser Vintage Projects Power 24′ 7″ (7.49 m) n/a 0
Sea Kayak Glen-L Marine Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue 0
Sea Kayak Two Glen-L Marine Paddle 19′ 9″ (6.02 m) stitch and glue 0
Sea Knight Glen-L Marine Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) plywood on frame 0
Sea Midge Grandpa's Archive Row 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) plywood on frame 0
Sea Skiff 17 Vintage Projects Power 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) n/a 0
Sea Strike 18 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Seabright Tunnel 21 Bateau Power 21′ 8″ (6.6 m) composite 0
Seagull John Welsford Row 4.64 m (15′ 3″) stitch and glue plywood 0
Seascape Spirited Designs Multihull 6 m (19′ 8″) composite 0
SEI John Welsford Sail 4.45 m (14′ 7″) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Semi Dory 11 Bateau Row 11′ 0″ (3.35 m) stitch and glue 0
Sentinel Challenger 13 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 13′ 1″ (4 m) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Sentinel Explorer 18 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) glued lapstrake plywood 0
Shadow Woods Designs Multihull 7.3 m (23′ 11″) cold molded wood 0
Shangri-La Glen-L Marine Power 23′ 2″ (7.06 m) plywood on frame 0
Sharpie 14 Bateau Sail 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Shearwater 14 Hybrid Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 6″ (4.43 m) stitch and glue with strip deck 0
Shearwater 16 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 2″ (4.92 m) stitch and glue 0
Shearwater 16 Hybrid Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 2″ (4.92 m) stitch and glue with strip deck 0
Shearwater 17 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue 0
Shearwater 17 Hybrid Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue with strip deck 0
Shearwater 39 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 39′ 4″ (12 m) fiberglass 0
Shearwater 45 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Sail 44′ 3″ (13.5 m) fiberglass 0
Shearwater Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) stitch and glue 0
Shearwater Sport Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) stitch and glue 0
Shell Star White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Sherpa John Welsford Row 2.75 m (9′ 0″) plywood 0
Sherwood Queen Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Sid Skiff Ray Speck Sail 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) n/a 0
Silver 333 BCA Demco Power 3.33 m (10′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Silver 45 BCA Demco Power 4.5 m (14′ 9″) plywood 0
Silver 55 BCA Demco Power 5.55 m (18′ 3″) plywood 0
Silver Star 26/32 Dudley Dix Yacht Design Power 25′ 7″ (7.8 m) fiberglass 0
Sirene du Saloum BCA Demco Multihull 9.8 m (32′ 2″) stitch and glue 0
Sirenetta BCA Demco Paddle 3.01 m (9′ 11″) stitch and glue 0
Sirocco Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) plywood on frame 0
Sissy Do Glen-L Marine Row 13′ 3″ (4.04 m) plywood on frame 0
Skånesnipa TG 24 no. 18 Båtritningar Power 5.95 m (19′ 6″) n/a 0
Skerry Chesapeake Light Craft Sail 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) lapstrake 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.