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.
93 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moccasin Double Canoe | B&B Yacht Designs | Paddle | 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Nereide | BCA Demco | Paddle | 4.8 m (15′ 9″) | strip planked | 0 |
| Nimrod 12 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Paddle | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Ninfa | BCA Demco | Paddle | 4.3 m (14′ 1″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Nymph 12 Canoe | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Orca 16 | Bateau | Paddle | 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Petrel Play | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Petrel Scout SG | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Pirogue | Glen-L Marine | Paddle | 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Plyak 12 | Bateau | Paddle | 12′ 4″ (3.76 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Pond Skipper 14 | Devlin | Paddle | 13′ 10″ (4.2 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Ranger | Selway Fisher Design | Paddle | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | stitch and glue | 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 |
| 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 |
| Shearwater 14 Hybrid | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 14′ 6″ (4.43 m) | stitch and glue with strip deck | 0 |
| Shearwater Sport | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| SnowShoe 12 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Paddle | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| SnowShoe 14 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Paddle | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Snowshoe Explorer 14 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Paddle | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Solo Day | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Solo Pack | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Solo Trip | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Swift Canoe 16 | Bateau | Paddle | 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Takalak | White Salmon Boat Works | Paddle | 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Venture | Steve Killing | Paddle | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Waterman 12 | Selway Fisher Design | Paddle | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Wood Duck 12 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Wood Duck 12 Hybrid | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | stitch and glue with strip deck | 0 |
| Wood Duck 14 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 13′ 9″ (4.19 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Wood Duck 14 Hybrid | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 13′ 9″ (4.19 m) | stitch and glue with strip deck | 0 |
| Wood Duck Double | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) | stitch and glue | 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.