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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
Blue Bill Grandpa's Archive Paddle 13′ 6″ (4.12 m) skin on frame 0
Breeze Plyboat Paddle 3 m (9′ 10″) stitch and glue 0
Can-Yak Glen-L Marine Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Cardboard Boat The Cardboard Boat Book Paddle 8′ 0″ (2.44 m) n/a 0
Chenoa 12 Bateau Paddle 12′ 1″ (3.68 m) stitch and glue 0
Chenoa 14 Bateau Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Chenoa 16 Bateau Paddle 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake 14 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake 16 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 15′ 8″ (4.78 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake 16LT Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.74 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake 17 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake 17LT Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 11″ (5.15 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake 18 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake Sport Tandem Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 21′ 8″ (6.6 m) stitch and glue 0
Chesapeake Triple Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) stitch and glue 0
Chippewa Glen-L Marine Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) cold molded wood 0
Coho Pygmy Boats Paddle 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) stitch and glue 0
Columbia Star White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) strip planked 0
Colvos Passage Long Lake Wooden Boats Paddle 19′ 6″ (5.94 m) stitch and glue 0
Cottage Cruiser Steve Killing Paddle 15′ 6″ (4.74 m) strip planked 0
Denali Solo White Salmon Boat Works Paddle n/a strip planked 0
Dentex 420 Modern Wooden Boat Paddle 4.2 m (13′ 9″) stitch and glue 0
Diva Kayak B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 15′ 8″ (4.78 m) stitch and glue 0
Endeavour Steve Killing Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Expedition Single Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) strip planked 0
F1430 Sit-On-Top Kayak Bedard Yacht Design Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
F1830 Sit-On-Top Tandem Kayak Bedard Yacht Design Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) stitch and glue 0
Fast Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 25′ 6″ (7.77 m) strip planked 0
Featherweight Foam Kayak Grandpa's Archive Paddle n/a n/a 0
Fisher Prospector Selway Fisher Design Paddle 15′ 7″ (4.76 m) stitch and glue 0
Flyfisher 13 Canoe B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Foldak Woodenwidget Paddle 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) skin on frame 0
Freedom 17 Steve Killing Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Freedom 17-9 Steve Killing Paddle 17′ 9″ (5.41 m) strip planked 0
Goldfish Plyboat Paddle 2.3 m (7′ 7″) stitch and glue 0
Grand Diva Kayak B&B Yacht Designs Paddle 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) stitch and glue 0
Great Auk 17 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Great Auk Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 21′ 0″ (6.4 m) strip planked 0
Greenland Night Heron Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Guillemot Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Guillemot "L" Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Guillemot "S" Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) strip planked 0
Guillemot Double Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) strip planked 0
Happy Hour Plyboat Paddle 2.8 m (9′ 2″) stitch and glue 0
Hiawatha 12 Bateau Paddle 12′ 1″ (3.68 m) stitch and glue 0
Hiawatha 14 Bateau Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Hiawatha 16 Bateau Paddle 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) stitch and glue 0
High-Capacity Great Auk Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) strip planked 0
Huron Glen-L Marine Paddle 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) plywood 0
Jaktkanot no. 5 Båtritningar Paddle 4.05 m (13′ 3″) n/a 0
Kaholo Stand-Up Paddleboard 12-6 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 12′ 6″ (3.81 m) stitch and glue 0
Kaholo Stand-Up Paddleboard 14 Chesapeake Light Craft Paddle 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Kayak Glen-L Marine Paddle 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Kayak Stevenson Projects Paddle 14′ 4″ (4.37 m) plywood 0
Kenosha White Salmon Boat Works Paddle n/a strip planked 0
Kidyak Glen-L Marine Paddle 9′ 0″ (2.74 m) stitch and glue 0
King Canvasback Grandpa's Archive Paddle 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) n/a 0
Klickitat White Salmon Boat Works Paddle 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) strip planked 0
Kokanee White Salmon Boat Works Paddle n/a 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.