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.
86 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrel Sport SG | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Play | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Polar Star | White Salmon Boat Works | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| PowerYak - Electric Kayak | Glen-L Marine | Paddle | 16′ 10″ (5.13 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Raju 500 | Modern Wooden Boat | Paddle | 5 m (16′ 5″) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Razor-Billed Auk | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Resolute | Steve Killing | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Runner | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 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 |
| 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 Double | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Shell Star | White Salmon Boat Works | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| SnowShoe 16 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Snowshoe Traveler 18 | Geodesic Airolite Boats | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | skin on frame | 0 |
| Solo Day Tripper | Steve Killing | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Solo Quick | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Stitch & Glue Night Heron | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | stitch and glue | 0 |
| Stripper | Glen-L Marine | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Tandem Day | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Tandem Quick | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Tandem Trip | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| True North XPD | Steve Killing | Paddle | 19′ 3″ (5.87 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.