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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
Jimbo Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat Grandpa's Archive Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 12 Bateau Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 13 Bateau Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 15 Bateau Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Jon Boat / Garvey 16 Bateau Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) stitch and glue 0
Kalostyn Andrew Walters Design Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Kastri Andrew Walters Design Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
L Dorado Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) plywood on frame 0
Laker 14 Dillon Racing Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) plywood 0
Laker SC12 Dillon Racing Power 12′ 3″ (3.73 m) plywood 0
Lo Voltage Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Magnum 12 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood epoxy composite 0
Mia Andrew Walters Design Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Mia 15 Andrew Walters Design Power 15′ 1″ (4.6 m) stitch and glue 0
Motor Canoe Butler Projects Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood 0
Motorsnipa no. 34 Båtritningar Power 4.32 m (14′ 2″) n/a 0
Mushulu 12 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood composite 0
Mushulu 14 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) plywood composite 0
Nimrod Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Oolichan 13 Devlin Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Outboard Skiff 15 Bateau Power 15′ 2″ (4.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Overniter Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) plywood on frame 0
Peeler Skiff Chesapeake Light Craft Power 15′ 2″ (4.62 m) stitch and glue 0
Phantom 15 Bateau Power 14′ 6″ (4.42 m) composite 0
Play Pen Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 5″ (4.7 m) plywood on frame 0
Playboy Grandpa's Archive Power 13′ 6″ (4.12 m) plywood on frame 0
Power Skiff 12 Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) stitch and glue 0
Power Skiff 14 Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) stitch and glue 0
Pro Vee Dillon Racing Power 12′ 7″ (3.84 m) plywood 0
Pug Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) stitch and glue 0
Rebel Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 10″ (4.52 m) plywood on frame 0
Rhode Runner - The CLC Runabout Chesapeake Light Craft Power 14′ 9″ (4.5 m) stitch and glue 0
Rifleman John Welsford Power 4.5 m (14′ 9″) glued lapstrake plywood 0
RipTide XR-457 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) strip plank composite 0
Runabout 12 Bateau Power 12′ 6″ (3.81 m) composite 0
Runabout 14 Bateau Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) composite 0
Sande Ace Sande Power 13′ 2″ (4.01 m) plywood 0
Scaup 16 Devlin Power 15′ 11″ (4.85 m) stitch and glue 0
Schizzo BCA Demco Power 4.5 m (14′ 9″) plywood 0
Scooter Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 9″ (4.8 m) plywood on frame 0
Scrambler Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Sculldugery 15 Devlin Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) stitch and glue 0
Sherwood Queen Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 6″ (4.72 m) plywood on frame 0
Silver 45 BCA Demco Power 4.5 m (14′ 9″) plywood 0
Ski King Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Ski Tow Glen-L Marine Power 14′ 8″ (4.47 m) plywood on frame 0
Snow Goose 16 Devlin Power 15′ 7″ (4.75 m) stitch and glue 0
Solo Flats Skiff (FS13) Bateau Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Sponge Docks Skiff 13 Bedard Yacht Design Power 13′ 0″ (3.96 m) stitch and glue 0
Sponge Docks Skiff 16 Bedard Yacht Design Power 15′ 10″ (4.83 m) stitch and glue 0
Swish Glen-L Marine Power 15′ 0″ (4.57 m) plywood on frame 0
Tiny Might Glen-L Marine Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) plywood on frame 0
Tropic 12 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Tropic 14 Bowdidge Marine Designs Power 14′ 0″ (4.27 m) epoxy fiberglass plywood composite 0
Trover John Welsford Power 4.4 m (14′ 5″) plywood 0
Tuffy Glen-L Marine Power 13′ 1″ (3.99 m) plywood on frame 0
Volare Console Andrew Walters Design Power 15′ 4″ (4.67 m) stitch and glue 0
Volare Utility Andrew Walters Design Power 15′ 4″ (4.67 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.