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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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All Glen-L Marine  287 Benford Design Group  147 Devlin  142 Bateau  141 Chesapeake Light Craft  121 Dudley Dix Yacht Design  90 BCA Demco  64 Grandpa's Archive  54 Woods Designs  46 Boatkits  41 John Welsford  36 B&B Yacht Designs  35 Newfound Woodworks  32 Båtritningar  32 Modern Wooden Boat  21 Bowdidge Marine Designs  21 Duck Trap Woodworking  20 Geodesic Airolite Boats  19 Butler Projects  18 Stevenson Projects  16 Spirited Designs  16 Ashes Still Water Boats  15 White Salmon Boat Works  14 Vintage Projects  13 Bartender Boats  13 Woodenwidget  13 Bruce Roberts  12 Arch Davis Design  12 Plyboat  11 Response Marine  11 B&G Yacht Design  10 Salt Boatworks  9 Andrew Walters Design  9 Steve Killing  9 Dillon Racing  8 Bedard Yacht Design  8 Long Lake Wooden Boats  6 Unik Yachts  5 James Bosman  5 Iain Oughtred  4 Selway Fisher Design  3 Manta Marine Design  3 John Spencer  2 William D. Jackson  2 John Farlow  2 Roger Fletcher  1 Nexus Marine  1 Sande  1 Laurent Giles  1 U-Fab Boats  1 Forest and Stream  1 Build-A-Boat  1 The Cardboard Boat Book  1 Echo-Craft  1 Phil Bolger  1 Pygmy Boats  1 Jim Michalak  1 Spira International  1 Ray Speck  1 Albert Strange  1 Yannick Maignien  1 Niel Shelton  1 David Rogers  1 Iver Franzen  1 Jim Norman  1 Daniel Berg  1 Gary Dierking  1 P&F Yacht Design  1 Philip Rhodes  1 Jack Holt  1 Ron Given  1 Ian Proctor  1 George Cockshott  1
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All Paddle  227 Row  229 Sail  418 Power  616 Multihull  108 Other  20
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By construction
Any stitch and glue  510 plywood on frame  243 plywood  199 strip planked  135 cold molded wood  42 composite  31 lapstrake plywood  30 skin on frame  23 glued lapstrake plywood  20 fiberglass  20 radius chine plywood  17 steel chine  16
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Design Plans from Type LOA Construction Logs
30 ft Friday Harbor Ferry & Waterbed 30 Benford Design Group Power 30′ 0″ (9.14 m) plywood 0
30 ft Seagoing Powerboat or Ship Benford Design Group Power 30′ 0″ (9.14 m) n/a 0
30 ft Twin Screw Cruiser Benford Design Group Power 30′ 0″ (9.14 m) carvel planked 0
32 ft Cruiser Benford Design Group Power 32′ 0″ (9.75 m) cold moulded or strip planked 0
32 ft Trawler Yacht Ladybug Benford Design Group Power 32′ 0″ (9.75 m) cold moulded or strip planked 0
32 ft Tug Yacht Benford Design Group Power 32′ 0″ (9.75 m) Airex cored fibreglass or steel chine 0
34 ft Fantail Cruiser Memory & Solarium 34 Benford Design Group Power 34′ 0″ (10.36 m) cold moulded 0
34 ft Friday Harbor Ferry Benford Design Group Power 34′ 0″ (10.36 m) Airex cored fibreglass or plywood 0
35 ft Packet/Coaster or Tramp Benford Design Group Power 35′ 0″ (10.67 m) plywood or steel chine 0
35 ft Trawler Yacht Strumpet Benford Design Group Power 35′ 0″ (10.67 m) carvel planked 0
35 ft Tug Yacht Benford Design Group Power 35′ 0″ (10.67 m) Airex cored fibreglass or cold moulded 0
36 ft Cruiser Benford Design Group Power 36′ 0″ (10.97 m) plywood 0
36 ft Power Dory Benford Design Group Power 36′ 0″ (10.97 m) steel chine 0
37 ft Tug Yacht Benford Design Group Power 37′ 0″ (11.28 m) steel chine 0
38 ft 6 in Coaster Investigator Benford Design Group Power 38′ 6″ (11.74 m) aluminium 0
38 ft Fantail Cruiser Benford Design Group Power 38′ 0″ (11.58 m) cold moulded 0
38 ft Packet Benford Design Group Power 38′ 0″ (11.58 m) plywood 0
38 ft Tug Yacht Benford Design Group Power 38′ 0″ (11.58 m) Airex cored fibreglass 0
39 ft Cruiser Benford Design Group Power 39′ 0″ (11.89 m) plywood 0
40 ft Trawler Yacht Benford Design Group Power 40′ 0″ (12.19 m) Airex cored fibreglass 0
42 ft Florida Bay Coaster or Tug/Coaster Benford Design Group Power 42′ 0″ (12.8 m) steel chine 0
44 ft Trawler Yacht Benford Design Group Power 44′ 0″ (13.41 m) Airex cored fibreglass 0
45 ft Fantail Yacht Tiffany Benford Design Group Power 45′ 0″ (13.72 m) cold moulded 0
45 ft Florida Bay Coaster Sails Benford Design Group Power 45′ 0″ (13.72 m) steel chine 0
45 ft Friday Harbor Ferry Benford Design Group Power 45′ 0″ (13.72 m) plywood 0
45 ft Motor Yacht Little Sindbad Benford Design Group Power 45′ 0″ (13.72 m) round bilge steel 0
50 ft Coasters FL Bay, Seaclusion, & Rubicon Benford Design Group Power 50′ 0″ (15.24 m) steel chine 0
50 ft FL Bay Coasters (1999 version) Benford Design Group Power 50′ 0″ (15.24 m) steel chine 0
52 ft 6 in /55' Florida Bay Coaster North Star Benford Design Group Power 52′ 6″ (16 m) steel chine 0
55 ft Coaster Teddi Bear Benford Design Group Power 55′ 0″ (16.76 m) steel chine 0
55 ft Trawler Yacht Lady K Benford Design Group Power 55′ 0″ (16.76 m) n/a 0
56 ft Trawler Yacht Benford Design Group Power 56′ 0″ (17.07 m) steel chine 0
60 ft Florida Bay Coasters (Freighter Yachts) Benford Design Group Power 60′ 0″ (18.29 m) steel chine 0
60 ft Motor Yacht Benford Design Group Power 60′ 0″ (18.29 m) steel chine 0
62 ft Trawler Yacht Indenture Benford Design Group Power 62′ 0″ (18.9 m) n/a 0
65 ft FL Bay Coaster Key Largo & Variations Benford Design Group Power 65′ 0″ (19.81 m) steel chine 0
A-Lure Glen-L Marine Power 25′ 2″ (7.67 m) plywood on frame 0
Abaco 23 Bateau Power 23′ 0″ (7.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Ace William D. Jackson Power 12′ 4″ (3.76 m) plywood 0
Ace 14 Arch Davis Design Power 14′ 4″ (4.37 m) plywood on frame 0
AF4 Jim Michalak Power 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) plywood 0
Airboat Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 9″ (3.89 m) plywood on frame 0
Albert E Glen-L Marine Power 20′ 7″ (6.27 m) plywood on frame 0
Allegro Glen-L Marine Power 33′ 3″ (10.14 m) plywood on frame 0
Amak 26 Tugboat Devlin Power 26′ 3″ (8 m) stitch and glue 0
Amak 32 Devlin Power 32′ 4″ (9.86 m) stitch and glue 0
Amak 38 Devlin Power 37′ 4″ (11.38 m) stitch and glue 0
Amak 44 Devlin Power 43′ 10″ (13.36 m) stitch and glue 0
Amp Eater Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 4″ (4.06 m) stitch and glue 0
Andante Glen-L Marine Power 38′ 5″ (11.71 m) steel 0
Aqua Cat Glen-L Marine Power 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) plywood on frame 0
Archimedes 22 Devlin Power 22′ 10″ (6.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Argosy Glen-L Marine Power 42′ 0″ (12.8 m) plywood on frame 0
Arrow Grandpa's Archive Power 13′ 1″ (3.99 m) plywood on frame 0
Atlantic Skiff Glen-L Marine Power n/a n/a 0
Audeen Glen-L Marine Power 16′ 3″ (4.95 m) plywood on frame 0
Bandido Glen-L Marine Power 30′ 2″ (9.2 m) cold molded wood 0
Banjo 20 Outboard Devlin Power 20′ 0″ (6.1 m) stitch and glue 0
Barrelback 19 Glen-L Marine Power 19′ 1″ (5.82 m) cold molded wood 0
Bartender 19 Bartender Boats Power 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) 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.